A slideshow used at the CLAMS Spring 2016 conference, held at Bellevue College. The presentation was a response to the theme: "Celebrating library workers and our value in our communities."

1. EVERYDAY COLLABORATION:
THE LIBRARY AS A HUB FOR
COMMUNITY ACTIVITY
Presentation by Greg Bem, LWTech Faculty Librarian
For CLAMS Spring 2016

2. Open license:
Creative Commons 4.0
Non-Commercial
Online deck’s home:
www.slideshare.net/GregoryBem
Icons used in this deck are from the Noun Project.

3. Outline
• The Theme
• The Presentation
• The Presenter
• Community Values
• LWTech
• Exploring the Hub

4. "Writing" by Creative Stall is licensed under CC BY 3.0

5. CLAMS Theme: WE ARE THE LIBRARY
Celebrating Library Workers and Our Value in Our
Communities.

6. The Theme:
Celebrating Library Workers and Our Value in Our
Communities

7. "Curtains" by Giulia Malaponti is licensed under CC BY 3.0

8. One slide about the presentation.
EVERYDAY COLLABORATION:
THE LIBRARY AS A HUB FOR COMMUNITY ACTIVITY

9. "Falling" by Eric Benoit is licensed under CC BY 3.0

10. Context: Greg’s Biography
Greg Bem, MLIS, is a faculty librarian at LWTech. He has
worked and volunteered at various libraries in the Seattle
area, as well as in Cambodia, and has over a decade of
experience building communities through literary arts and
technology. His focuses in librarianship include digital literacy
and web discovery.

11. Context: Greg’s Biography, Geographically
Greg Bem, MLIS, is a faculty librarian at LWTech. He has
worked and volunteered at various libraries in the Seattle
area, as well as in Cambodia, and has over a decade of
experience building communities through literary arts and
technology. His focuses in librarianship include digital literacy
and web discovery.+Philadelphia
+Rhode Island +Maine

13. "Fountain" by Isabel Martínez Isabel is licensed under CC BY 3.0

14. Community Values (The “Ideas” Slide)
• What is aspects of the community are universal?
• Practicing inclusivity: is this always possible?
• Recognition of individuality. Praising unique perspectives.
• 50 shades of perception. Where is everyone coming from?
• Practicing curiosity. Encouraging established and emerging.
• Instilling cultural “competency” (acceptance, inspiration).
• Community leadership and pride for the whole.
• Actively seeking out of opportunities to engage.

15. "Treasure Map" by Lloyd Humphreys is licensed under CC BY 3.0

16. Lwtech.edu

17. Lwtech.edu

18. Open Street Map

20. "Lightning Bolt" by Christopher Reyes is licensed under CC BY 3.0

21. Event: Game Jam
Fall 2015 Spring 2015

22. Game Jam Takeaways
Key Takeaways
• Specific academic goal: game improvements through assessment
• Utilization of community space
• Open invitation (anyone can show up and participate)
• Collaboration
• Interdisciplinary-ism

23. Leadership: Work Study

24. Work Study Takeaways
• The library’s “face” and first point of contact
• “Tapped in” to the student perspective
• Importance of Presence
• Compassion

25. Event: LWTech Foundation Scholarship

26. Scholarship Event Takeaways
• Extension of community beyond physical space (outsiders invited in)
• Innovation of space (string quartet and wine bar FTW)
• Furthering relationships between library and other areas of school
• The Loveable (Remarkable) Event concept

27. Leadership: Library Staff
Winter 2015

28. Library Staff Takeaways
• Projection of Personality
• The Importance of Presence
• The Importance of History
• Membership of a Team

29. Event: Cram the Exam

30. Cram the Exam Event Takeaways
• Extension of awareness of community
• Diversity of contributors and participants
• Reflects evolution of stakeholders and interest groups
• Expression of passion for knowledge growth

31. Community collaborations I didn’t cover:
• A Multicultural Halloween
• ASG Poetry Reading
• Friends of Youth Resources for the Homeless
• Engagement and Learning Instructional Sessions
• Relax and Recharge (Borrowed from North Seattle)
• Interdepartmental Display Cases
• Welding and the Magnetic Poetry Boards
• Storytelling for Children

32. Thank you. Responses?
Sources of biographical images:
Little River, Maine: Greg Bem
Roger Williams University: Wikipedia
Olney High School: aspirapa.org
North Seattle College: worldst.net
WCS Cambodia, Seima Research Center: Greg Bem
LWTech Building: patch.com
Contact me:
greg.bem@lwtech.edu
@bembrarian (Twitter)