Blogging: Not so much ‘how to’ but ‘why?’. I presented this seminar on 8th November at the 2013 British Association of Festivals Conference. It included group break outs discussions on the advantages of audio, video and photos for digital storytelling. This year the conference was held in Edinburgh at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
17. I really did enjoy my time at the library…. thank
you again for all you did. You are a star.
My family love the blog!!!
Author Millie Gray (77)
I loved this event – I used to cry when I was little
if the library was shut and I could not change my
books. I never find time to read much now but I
will really try – also I would like to write down
memories of my grandparents.
Thanks for inviting me to speak
I’ll tell you a bit about me and my background.
Why I think blogging is great way to connect to people and to share stories
I’ve got 5 tips for blogging - share examples
Tell you more about Leith Library
Give you some tips
Tell you where I went wrong
Get you telling stories
INTROS
ST is in everyone
You can all tell stories
It’s about people, what matters to them
It’s about listening and being interested
By listening to someone else’s story you affirm who they are.
Being yourself
My background is in science communication and storytelling. Here are some of the people I work for either in digital or oral stoytelling and communication. We’re wired for stories – that’s what people connect to and that’s what I wanted to share from the library. They were already doing great things just like you’ll be doing in your libraries but people don’t realise all the things that are going on in libraries so my role is to help share that via social media.
http://auntyemily.wordpress.com/
On that note I’m going to be telling you about what we did at Leith library in Edinburgh for Book Week Scotland. Book Week Scotland was the first national celebration of reading in Scotland and took place from the 26th Nov – 2nd Dec. We engaged with different audiences with face to face interactions and we shared our interactions via social media. We engages with as many different types of people (and animals as you can see from the photos) as we could. I’ll start by telling you a bit about the library itself and then we’ll go on to how we planned book week and what we did for Book Week Scotland. I’ve got some videos and audio clips to show you too but just to let you know you can find all of what I’m covering online on the leith library blog! Leithlibrary.
Get staff involved! Ownership etc
Knitting group http://leithlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/leith-library-knit-scotland/
Promotion – click to bottom right Leith Library Blog http://leithlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/11/14/the-league-of-extraordinary-book-lovers/
Click to Millie Gray http://leithlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/leith-1907-millie-gray/
Launch event
Other links
http://leithlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/leith-1974-marianne-paget/
http://leithlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/leith-docks-in-the-sixties-marianne-wheelaghan/
http://leithlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/book-week-scotland/
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151248480841702.480772.51968566701&type=3
http://leithlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/book-week-scotland-leith/
Example of photo and video: Pirates in Leith
Example of Photo: Twitter
Example of audio and photo: Library Link
Veggies – Example of video
League – strong voxes
Everyone else (sofis, church, gym, climbing wall, cats, haven café)
Show gym video http://leithlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/book-week-scotland-leith-day-3-highlights/
Show Judith video http://leithlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/book-week-scotland-leith-day-1-highlights/
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Group exercise.
Three groups.
When XXX is best….
Photo
Quickest
Permissions (e.g. School)
Audio
If folk are embarrassed
If wonderful voice or interesting setting
Vulnerable people / anonymous
Video
Visual, something happening
Scottish Book Trust
Tweet from Elspeth
Memories of Leith event
Stats now!
Facebook screen grab of Steven
Bookbug now up to 90 babies
http://leithlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/book-week-scotland-leith/
Pirates of Leith example. (don’t make it too complicated)
Hamda Dancing. (it’s all about people)
Share examples
Give you some tips
Tell you where I went wrong
Get you telling stories
INTROS
ST is in everyone
You can all tell stories
It’s about people, what matters to them
It’s about listening and being interested
By listening to someone else’s story you affirm who they are.
Being yourself