Thinking Outside the Book: Experimenting with Creative Tool and Object Librarianship at the Banff Centre

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1 Thinking Outside the Book: Experimenting with Creative Tool and Object Librarianship at the Banff Centre Marianne R. Williams Alberta Library Conference Jasper, Alberta April 30, 2016 mariannewilliams.ca

2 Introduction Born and raised on a farm an hour south of Edmonton Spent formative years at the Camrose Public Library Recent graduate of the Master of Information and Master of Museum Studies programs at the University of Toronto

3 The Banff Centre

4 Traditional reference service model? Information

5 The Creative Tool and Object Librarianship reference model? Information

6 Courtesy of the Brooklyn Children s Museum Archive. All rights reserved.

7 Courtesy of the Brooklyn Children s Museum Archive. All rights reserved.

8 Courtesy of the Brooklyn Children s Museum Archive. All rights reserved.

9 Image copyright Sarah Ratchford, BlogTO.

10 Courtesy of Institute for a Resource Based Economy, All rights reserved Toronto Tool Library pop-up at the Toronto Public Library, photo by Tim Hicken, 2015

11 Courtesy of Pret a Preter, All rights reserved.

12 Creative Tool and Object Library Project proposal Project phases Development: October and November 2015 Meetings with Banff Staff and designing methodology for survey Distributing survey Analysis: December 2015 and January 2016 Analysis of data, brief report, list of objects, policy drafts Purchase and cataloguing of objects Launch: February - March 2016 Web application and exhibition opening Opening reception - Feb. 29, 2016 Assessment: March - April 2016 Policy reassessment Circulation statistics

13 Project Proposal I propose a new library service in lending, non-book where patrons are invited [...] to access information through an innovative library model of borrowing and lending of items such as tools, materials, clothing, and other objects. Through this project, patrons will be encouraged to borrow inspire experimentation, curiosity, confusion, and creativity. and lend items that

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15 Research Methodology

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18 Quantitative Data

19 Other items field analysis

20 Qualitative Data I'm sure I have things kicking around that might be useful[...] It could be a great way to centralize a lot of 'things' strewn about campus that can be hard to access but useful to staff/artists/practicums when they need them.

21 [I]t s important especially with so many people who are transient workers [...] to be able to access things instead of constantly buying and ditching.

22 A pasta machine is often used in printmaking as a makeshift tool.

23 Bearbells are completely useless objects and have been scientifically proven that they do nothing to deter bears. Only tourists use them.

24 What objects got into the CTOL? Photo courtesy of Jessica Wittman, 2016

25 Photo courtesy of Jessica Wittman, 2016

26 Photo courtesy of Jessica Wittman, 2016

27 Photo courtesy of Jessica Wittman, 2016

28 Photos courtesy of Jessica Wittman, 2016

29 Photos courtesy of Jessica Wittman, 2016

30 Photos courtesy of Jessica Wittman, 2016

31 Photos courtesy of Jessica Wittman, 2016

32 MARC Catalogue

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35 Photos courtesy of Jessica Wittman, 2016

36 Questions Have you experimented with creative tools and objects at your library? What objects or tools do you think your library patrons might borrow? Would your library experiment with a project like this? Why or why not? What do you wish you could borrow from the library?

37 Thinking Outside the Book: Experimenting with Creative Tool and Object Librarianship at the Banff Centre Marianne R. Williams Alberta Library Conference Jasper, Alberta April 30, 2016 mariannewilliams.ca