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Ignite Talk

BiebLab is the hybrid youth platform of Biblionet Groningen, the organization behind 34 libraries in the province of Groningen (the Netherlands). With riddles and sketches on TikTok (22k followers and 8 million views), two monthly live shows on YouTube, and regular challenges and activities for at home and in the library, BiebLab encourages play and creativity.

Since the beginning in 2019, BiebLab is great example of how you can set up a (online) platform with playful activities for young people. Whether it is a Minecraft or LEGO challenge or a quiz competition in libraries, BiebLab wants to make an important contribution to lifelong learning by connecting young people and developing their creative and social skills.

In 2023 Biblionet Groningen will use the platform of BiebLab to bring a coaching program to young gamers. With the help of well-known gamers, we let them experience how the skills they acquire while gaming can also be useful in everyday life.

Play is in BiebLab’s DNA, and we would love to share our passion and experience during Next Library. So we hope you’ll attend our Ignite Talk.

Host

Jolanda Robben

Jolanda Robben works as a library consultant and innovator at Biblionet Groningen in The Netherlands. In 2019, she started and developed BiebLab together with her colleague Jeroen Bouland. Since the spring of 2022, BiebLab works with an editorial team of four people to make hybrid programs for 34 libraries.

In the past, Jolanda set up innovative reading programs such as Score a Book!, in which libraries collaborate with professional football clubs, and Vakantielezen, a summer reading program in collaboration with the National Library (KB) since 2022. In November 2018 she was named ‘Librarian of the Year’ in The Netherlands.