Some have likened libraries as museums for information handling in the industrial age. If only they knew what you were really up to, right? If technology is shaping learning and literacy, then the evolution of social media, video games, and an app-for-everything is a sure sign libraries better get on board the information freight train, onsite and online. Re-thinking the way we partner and deliver library programs is the first step. This presentation highlights the strong correlation between library services in the web world and the real world, and how ‘merging’ them onsite and ‘mirroring’ them online can stimulate new networks and new audiences for libraries.

1. Putting IT back in reality VALA

3. “ ebooks must be killing libraries.”

4. “ your numbers must be suffering.”

5. “ aren’t you guys mostly just books on shelves?”

6. “ this digital stuff must be making your job hard.”

7. “ guess no-one wants to go to the library anymore?”

8. “ I had no idea this is what you guys really did!”

12. Geek the Library

14. State Library of Victoria

15. Information

16. Information

17. Information

21. Information

23. Research skills

24. Research skills

26. Education

27. Education

28. Education

32. World Digital Library

33. Social media

34. Networks http://www.biomechanism.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Brain-cells.jpg

36. Push & Pull http://au.playstation.com/psp/games/detail/item113533/Star-Wars-The-Force-Unleashed%E2%84%A2/

38. Push & Pull

48. Games

52. Merge & mirror

53. Libraryhack

54. Libraryhack

57. Outside-In Cinema

58. Outside-In Cinema

59. Outside-In Cinema

60. “ I love what you’ve done with the place.”

61. “ Stoked! Won a DVD, lounged in a deckchair, got a sugar fix – great night in!”

62. “ It was great to see a public resource used creatively.”