Library Camp Glasgow 2013

The Mitchell Library

What is a 'Library Camp'?

• A user-generated unconference
• Open to anyone interested in libraries

This is the first Library Camp to take place in Scotland

When is it happening?

0930-1600, 26th October, 2013. Mitchell Library Glasgow.

Attendance

Library Camps are free to attend. Unfortunately, this event is now full but you can add your name to the waiting list, here

What is the 'pitch'?

This is the pitch proposed by --Graeme Arnott (talk) 07:09, 13 October 2013 (UTC) .

How can any of the Wikimedia projects help groups working in and using libraries? How can Wikimedia help libraries better engage with their communities?

Wikimedia in Scotland are particularly keen to work with groups (research, local history, and/or reading groups) that are currently under-represented, and where the projects can be used as a means to help overcome the digital divide. Wikimedians can provide free training and support to library staff and to user-group members in order to help people make their contribution to some of the world's most popular websites.

The aim was to let library professionals in Scotland know that the Wiki projects could be used to co-ordinate events in their local area. Please contact me on my Talk page or the Discussion page for this event.

Resources

These are a list of websites that I used to prepare for the event.

• Unconference
• Unconference.net and in particular the Methods page
• Hacktivities for webmaking

After the event I will blog about my preparations in more detail, give an explanation of what happened at the event and which of the resources I used. I'll also set out what I think was successful and try to provide some feedback from the participants.

Social Media

The Twitter hashtag for the event is #libcampgla
The ScotWiki hashtag is #scotwiki

External Links

Library Camp Glasgow - GLTU
libcampgla - wiki
CILIPS - Library Camp Glasgow

Pictures from the event

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