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Participant driven events: CLIC community experience

Karen F. Pierce (Cardiff University)

Kristine Chapman (National Museum Wales)

Gemma Southgate (Cardiff University)


CLIC Members

Cardiff Metropolitan University

Cardiff Public Libraries

Cardiff University

Cardiff & Vale College

National Assembly of Wales

National Museum Wales

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

University of South Wales

Welsh Government


CLIC members


Previous events held

• Customer care• Floor-walking with

confidence• Library tours• Social Media / Web

2.0• Marketing your library• Information literacy


Previous events held (2)

• Library tours for Love your Libraries Day

• Introduction to copyright• Presentation skills• Mobile technology & apps


Social media presence

@CLICLibraries

http://cliclibraries.blogspot.co.uk

CLIC Facebook account

http://www.cliclibraries.co.uk/


Participant driven events

• Feedback Forms

• Survey in 2012

And now…


Group sessions

Library camps Gemma

Teachmeets

Karen

Twitter

Kristine


Learning from experience

Cardiff Teachmeet 2013

Library Camp Wales 2014

Twitter use at CLIC events and beyond


Teachmeets – pre event

• Organise in advance to allow it to be participant driven

• Pitching – via email or a wiki rather than on the day


Teachmeets – on the day

• Guiding event but participant driven

• Informal sessions

• Moving around

• Voting for best presentation


Library camps – pre event

• Team collaboration

• More work than you might expect!

• Finding your participants


Library camps – on the day

• Team collaboration/being ready to fill the gaps

• Pitching

• Guiding but participant driven

• Principle of ‘open space’ events


Icebreakers & prizes

• Human bingo

• Speed networking

• Design your own badge

• Best cake


Twitter – pre event

• Gathering participants

• Advertising / creating a buzz

• Starting to form a community


Twitter – on the day

• Sharing sessions with non participants

• Interactive within and without

• Temporary community & new contacts


Twitter – post event

• Networking post event

• Gathering tweets (e.g. Storify)


Tips, suggestions, questions

Photo credits: thanks to Sarah Barker, Kristine Chapman, Karen Pierce, Gemma Southgate


Contact details

Karen F. Pierce - @Darklecat

[email protected]

Kristine Chapman - @KrisWJ

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Gemma Southgate – @Gemma_DS

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