Category: Events

Transnational Meeting & Workshop, held in June 8-12, 2015, Leipzig & Kabelsketal, Germany

Project’s third transnational meeting was organized between 8-12 June 2015, at Leipzig and Kabelsketal, Germany. First day was for study visits to Stadtbibliothek Leipzig (City Library of Leipzig) and Bibliotheca Albertina  (Albertina University Library) to observe innovative smart ICT based library services. Second day is dedicated to project management issues such as reports and documentation of activities, costs, and dissemination initiatives. A workshop will be organized on the following two days (10-11 June) with local stake holders. Last day was for the evaluation of the workshop and preparations for first year’s project report. Workshop will take place at Dorfgemeinschaftshaus Kabelsketal, while the other meetings will be at seminar room of Wisamar in Leipzig.

Workshop Flyer – Program – Minutes – Participants List – Photos & Videos

Workshop on Branding for Libraries, organized in May 27, 2015, Paris, France

Within the project a workshop on branding for libraries  titled as New Opportunities, New Behaivours, New Consumers was organized during QQML2015 Conference (7th International Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries) on 26-29 May 2015, in Paris, France.

In this two hours workshop participants learnt about branding, how libraries can use branding, what tools are available and how to evaluate the metrics. 11 librarians and 4 faculty (total 15 people) particiapted in this workshop.

Participants List

Workshop on Greening Libraries, October 19-22, 2015, Tallinn, Estonia

Within the project a workshop on greening libraries is planned. Our workshop proposal titled as Go Green and Keep the Earth Clean is accepted by the review committee of ECIL2015 (3rd European Conference on Information Literacy). ECIL2015 will be held on 19-22 October 2015, at Tallinn University in Tallinn, Estonia.

In this two hours workshop participants will learn about green library services and how to design new green services. At the workshop X-Libris Methodology will be further tested.

Workshop on Branding for Libraries, May 26-29, 2015, Paris, France

Within the project a workshop on branding for libraries is planned. Our workshop proposal titled as New Opportunities, New Behaivours, New Consumers is accepted by the review committee of QQML2015 (7th International Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries). QQML2015 Conference will be held on 26-29 May 2015, in Paris, France.

In this two hours workshop participants will learn about branding, how libraries can use branding, what tools are available and how to evaluate the metrics. This workshop is one of the outcomes of the project. It is a training service for librarians.

Workshop Flyer

Transnational Meeting & Workshop, March 2-6, 2015, Radviliskis, Lithuania

Project’s second transnational meeting is organized on 2-6 March 2015, at Radviliskis District Municipality Educational and Sport Service Centre in Radviliskis, Lithuania. All partner institutions were represented in the meeting. First day is dedicated to project management issues such as the first internal reports, declaration and documentation of activities and costs, dissemination activities. All partners made presentations about their activities. Future activities were planned. A presentation was made about Ankara Workshop, its outcomes and lessons learned.

Following days were dedicated to workshops. A two days workshop (3-4 March) run with school librarians from the district which is followed by another two days (5-6 March) workshop run with teachers and students. The role of school libraries, and how social media could be used in the libraries were explored by the use of X-Libris methodologies.

As an outcome participants proposed five new services.

Flyer – Program – Minutes – Participants List – Photos & Videos

SHELFIE Instagram Competition

Within the scope of X-LIBRIS Project, an international Shelfie Competition is organized and announced worldwide. Participants are expected to make their shelfie, selfie in front of library shelves and upload them to the Instagram. They are expected to upload their photos along with a message associated with their emotions and thoughts towards libraries. Submissions will be evaluated by a team of experts. Selected photos along with the messages will be displayed at the exhibition during QQML 2015 Conference on 26-29 May 2015 in Paris and also at Kadir Has Information Center in Istanbul. The exhibition in Istanbul will open its doors on June 29, 2015.

For more info, please visit: www.smore.com/yq7x1

Uploaded selfies for competition: http://iconosquare.com/tag/xlibrishelfie#/grid

Varna Webinar, February 18, 2015

A Webinar (Web-based seminar) organized by Varna Public Library in Bulgaria on February 18, 2015. Librarians from libraries in Varna region were invited to participate.  Altogether 44 librarians participated in the Webinar from all over Bulgaria. In this Webinar, partners, aims and activities of X-Libris Project as well as prospective innovative library services and other expected results were addressed. With the help of the interactive nature of Webinar, a Questions & Answers session was organized in the end. The total duration of the event was 1.5 hours

Webinar Video

Workshop, February 5-6, 2015, Ankara, Turkey

A two days workshop the main aim of which is to explore how to use smart ICT in designing both user education services and in-service training for librarians was organized in Ankara between 5-6 February 2015. With these aim, 6 librarians and 7 future librarians (LIS students) are invited to participate in the workshop which was held at the seminar room of Department of Information Management of Hacettepe University. 3 faculty were also participated in the workshop. In this workshop, participants were provided with first hand experience on how to explore users’ needs by the use of innovative methodologies such Lego® Serious Play®, Hero’s Journey, Gamification, Business Model YOU® , Storytelling, Crowdfunding and Design Thinking to be able to design user-centred services. As an outcome participants prototype five new services.

 

Project Kick-off Meeting, 2-3 December, Ankara, Turkey

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Project’s kick-off meeting is organized on 2-3 December 2014, in Ankara, Turkey. All partner institutions were represented in the meeting. Agenda included management issues such as the contract, partner contracts, eligibility, declaration and documentation of activities and costs, deadline for the first internal report, communication and dissemination platform and the dates for future transnational meetings. 

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