Playful library services - talk at ILI2015 London

The library:A space for playfulness and

technology

CounterPlay: Playfulness is important everywhere & for all people!

Playful people might be better equipped to live in this world

CuriosityCourage

UnpredictabilityEmpathy

Imagination

Resilience

Subversiveness

“playful behaviour and playful thought can generate radically new approaches to challenges set by the physical and social environment”

(Bateson & Martin)

Playful people does not seek order or equilibrium, but embrace the constant

movement

In the library sector we need to consider how we can embrace playfulness as a strategy in the

transformation of libraries!

In the library sector we need to find out how we create libraries that to an even greater extent help people

become more playful.

The most important thing is not more games or playgrounds, but people, playful

services and attitudes

Maker Wednesdays

Experimenting in the library space

Playful school visits

NEXT Library play intervention

Mess and flexibility = play and activity

Idea development and design thinking

Building on Maker philosophy

Explore and experiment by themselves

Mixing materials and technologies

Curiousity across generations

Playing and discovering together

The volunteer corpse is essential

Coding Pirates and libraries

Creating social contexts

Developing staff skills

Open workshops in the library space

IT-creative workshops all over Denmark

Libraries can become more playful by incorporating playfulness in the organisation and services

Libraries can become more playful by partnering up with others like Coding Pirates and CounterPlay

Libraries can be a vital institution in spreading knowledge of tech, when they have a playful approach

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