On Saturday October 20th, Dominican University had a visit from a group of Dutch librarians who visited our class. They are from the DOK library, whose mission is to be the most modern library in the world. They think to get this status they need to have excellent communication with their patrons. Thanks to Erik, Jaap, and Geert who visited our classroom and gave us a talk on their library, complete with videos, pictures and listening to recorded music on their cell phone. They made a video of our class playing spin the bottle, where everbody had a chance to express their opinion on the future of libraries. I think their library had a great website with a great layout even though I cannot read most of it!

They made us aware of all the great things their library has to offer including books, videos, music, art, technology etc. I was impressed with the great round chairs that they have designed with speakers all around where patrons can sit and listen to recorded music. Their library even offers playstations and Wii’s, what more would anybody ask for in a library.

Their tour called the Shanachie tour will be posted on their blog at http://www.shanachietour.com/ soon. They are going to a lot of libraries in the USA to study and learn about the libraries here. Thanks again to the whole team for giving us a preview of your library!