Bridging Worlds 2008, Singapore

DRAFT
This presentation is a draft of the presentation that will be held on the
Bridging Worlds conference in Singapore. The final presentation will include
the newest pictures and experiences.
Sidsel Bech-Petersen
Aarhus Public Libraries, The Main Library
Denmark
Contact: sibp@aarhus.dk

AGENDA
• What happens in Aarhus?
• Challenges
– Opening up databases
– Rethinking libary space
– Mashing up people
• What have we learned
• Future challenges

MEDIASPACE:
A new library at the waterfront

THE MASHUP:
FROM SILOS TO
DIALOGUE

New integrated search:
Sorted by relevance
Everything in one pool

RETHINKING
LIBRARY
SPACE

The Augmented Library:
Or: Library 2.0 in the physical library

Digital ”poster-column”:
Librarians promote library resources
Users can pick up references

How?:
• The library staff select the web
pages to be shown
• Interactivity – web pages shown
by turning (no traditional
keyboard or mouse)
• Natural pick up of digital material
• The cell phone collect the web
address
• Bluetooth transmits address to pc

iFloor:
Q&A forum for library users and librarians
Collaborative interaction technique

Story Surfer:
”Inspiration browser” for children’s literature
Collaborative search

BibPhone:
Enables children to annotate physical material
with digital recordings

MASHING UP
PEOPLE:
CO-CREATION

Literature Lab
Interactive Floors and robots

News Lab
A wall of screens

Music Lab
The library as a place to be as well as a
place to do something

Exhibition Lab
A different concept for library exhibitions

The Square
Dialogue
Daily voxpop and a quotation wall

”Vores Bibliotek”
In english it means: Our Library
Idea generation with users

Mindspot:
The Spotmobile

Unleash the library users:
Workshops
Dialogue

Unleash the library users:
Workshops
Dialogue

Village Square:
A good way for the library to open up to the
city and let citizens define the content

The Voices of the City:
The purpose was to gather the voices and
opinions of the citizens

The Gobelin Tapestry:
Users submit pictures
Interactive installation

The Clapping Screen:
Make the users visible in the library

REFLECTIONS
Lessons learned
Future challenges