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Friday, September 30 • 3:50pm - 4:50pm
The Night Library: Providing Outreach through a Massive Interactive Art Installation

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In 2015 and 2016, Hennepin County Library staff and partner artists designed and built a 1600-square-foot installation out of cardboard and wood for Northern Spark, a free, dusk-to-dawn, multidisciplinary arts festival in Minneapolis. Learn how The Night Library engaged thousands of participants, primarily young adults, in exploring the role of information and libraries in society through puzzles, storytelling, and theater in an immersive, interactive environment. Presenters will share details about how they developed the narrative, partnered with artists, constructed and staffed the installation, and evaluated the project.
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Amy McNally, Library Services Manager, Hennepin County Library

Amy McNally has been working at Hennepin County Library since 2003. In addition to building giant cardboard libraries for Northern Spark, she is currently a Library Services Manager, managing a group of six libraries. Amy has worked on the Northern Spark Team at HCL since its inception... Read More →
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Elizabeth Hilber, Associate Librarian, Hennepin County Library

Elizabeth Hilber received her BA in Global Studies from the University of Minnesota in 2013. Her first experience working in libraries was for the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota primarily focusing on digitization and open repositories. She is currently... Read More →

Friday September 30, 2016 3:50pm - 4:50pm CDT
French River Room 1
  Authors Literature and Cultural Programming

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