Librarycamp presentation at Internet Librarian International, Olympia, London, 16th October 2013. Presented by Richard Veevers, Sue Lawson and Penny Andrews.

1. Librarycamp
A channel for change
Richard Veevers, Sue Lawson,
Penny Andrews
@richardveevers, @pennyb,
@shedsue

2. What is it?
Born 2011
Daughter of Barcamp, Govcamp, Thatcamp…
Spawned Radical, London, Brunel, Leeds,
Manchester, Exeter, Dublin, Essex, Glasgow...
Friends of MuseumCamp, CareersCamp,
BlueLightCamp, Housing camp

3. Richard Veevers
Library Assistant, Lancashire County Council

4. One view of me!
Library assistant
10 years experience
Baby Bounces
Story Time
Hands On IT
E Reader advice

5. Record turnouts!

6. How We Got Too Good
A staff conference presentation
Shared online
Heard by Librarycamp organisers
Part of first Librarycamp team

7. Librarycamp 2011

8. Librarycamp
Leeds
Librarycamp
Manchester

9. Met up
with Arts
Council
England
libraries
team

10. Librarycamp 2012
Sponsors
Venue
PR
Event management
Event MC!

11. Librarycamp UK 2013
What’s next?

12. Sue Lawson
Service Development Coordinator
Manchester Libraries, Information and
Archives
@shedsue

13. I love my job...
Library Facebook
Twitter
Blog
Social media training
Library app
Manchester Zoom
Email marketing
Library website content
IP

14. Librarycamp
2011

15. I did this!

19. Post librarycamp
Intrapreneur
Innovator
Networker
Presenter
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalexanderson/6658102105/ Kalexanderson

20. Penny Andrews
MSc Digital Library Management Student,
University of Sheffield
@pennyb

21. Who was I?
Never worked in a library
Open University undergrad
Writer & musician
Unemployable
Volunteer at Feminist Archive
North
Lost

22. Who am I now?
Librarycamp has made me:
A library school student
Employable
Not invisible
A conference presenter
An award winner...

23. How?
Anyone can lead
Anyone can have a say
Anything can be said
I found people like me…

24. Sessions I have run (not an expert!)
Ebooks (with Richard) - Leeds
Invisible Disabilities - Leeds
Mental Health - National
Aiding Self-Advocacy - Sheffield
Leadership Without Portfolio - London
Libraries as Monocultures - Radical
Library Camp

25. What is Librarycamp about?
Making the service better
Making the profession better
Sharing knowledge and best practice
Sharing questions
Making friends
Making STUFF

26. What is Librarycamp not?
Something just to put in your CPD or
Chartership portfolio
A way to get promoted
An ego boost
Passive
All talk and no action

27. What next?
The Librarycamp OpenCPD MOOC:
Ethical leadership
Better systems
Practical skills
Critical information literacy
...and more