Living library – the source of inspiration

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2. Executive Summary • Living Library- The Source of Inspiration is a non-profit organization/community established by students around the globe. Our organization envisions and dreams of establishing a network which contains many differently talented individuals who are willing to share not only their knowledge but also their life stories/experiences to others. • The organization will face and work on the needs of many different students around the globe by means of tutoring and mentoring on a personal basis as well as on an online networking basis. The organization’s service is not only limited to academic aspects; it will also attempt to deal with customers’ emotional and mental aspects. • The Target Customers: Various levels of students (Elementary, Middle School, High School, College) • Slogan of the organization is: “

3. General Organization Description 1) Organization Overview: Living Library- The Source of Inspiration is a non-profit organization/community established by students around the globe. Our organization envisions and dreams of establishing a network which contains many differently talented individuals who are willing to share not only their knowledge but also their life stories/experiences to others. Available through personal and online sources, the organization will allow customers to raise their voices on issues and communicate with peer mentors/tutors on a regular basis. 2) Vision: “To be a distinguished organization that contributes to mutual understanding between living books and readers.” “To share different types of stories and tips regarding academics and personal issues and provide solutions accordingly.” “To promote diversity and help break prejudices that exist among individuals.” 3) Mission: “To create a human library network that allows people to share not only their educational knowledge but also their life stories/personal experiences.” To accomplish this, the organization provides an internationally interactive network for its members through personal tutoring, access to tutors, online messengers that feature video chatting, and an online website. Living Library aspires to expand the traditional definition of a library and help members develop social and interactive skills/experiences vital in this 'glocal' world. • By definition, the term “glocal” refers to the individual, group, division, unit, organization, and community which is willing and able to “think globally and act locally.”

4. Strengths and Core Competencies • The foundation parameters on which we ensure the excellence of our service are: • Mutual Interaction • Honesty • Diversity • Intimacy • Sincerity and Passion • Online Resources • Challenges • Significant amount of information can be acquired through written texts and many online resources. • A credibility issue may rise as the organization has been established by students, not experts. • Customers’ many different/various demands may rise, and we might not have appropriate living books who can answer/meet the customers’ demands. • The organization, at this beginning state, has a limited number of living book resources to meet the customers’ demands.

5. Service Overview A) Personal Tutoring/Mentoring on a local basis Personal tutoring/mentoring will be performed on a local basis. Living Library branches will visit their respective local libraries and offer service on a regular basis. • Online Sharing Online sharing will be done through interactive networks such as the Living Library website/blog, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtheca Page. Members will be able to post up issues and videos and share their inspirations one another. • Online Tutoring/Mentoring Service Online tutoring/mentoring service will be operated via online messengers such as AIM, MSN, OovoO, and SKYPE. The organization’s faculty contacts will be posted on a website so that customers can reach the faculty. (The sector will create a Q & A section in a webpage and connect the customers with the faculty members.) For different age groups from different backgrounds, our variety of mentoring service will be offered in different sources. The mentoring/tutoring will be performed through: Personal tutoring/mentoring on a local basis Online sharing through interactive networks(Website, Blog, Facebook, Twitter, Youtheca page) Online tutoring/mentoring through messengers (AIM, MSN, OovoO, SKYPE)

6. Benefits and Features Highlighted Features Mutual and Dynamic Interaction between living books and readers Personal Sharing of information Sharing of human books’ first-person experience Up-to-date Internet Website B) Why people need this service? Sharing of information that may not be available in books (Personal experience) Customization of mentoring/tutoring Quality-based tutoring on the basis of many student activity leaders Diversity ignited by various mentors/tutors from many different backgrounds Quality tutoring/mentoring for a Free Service

7. What is the Human Library? http://humanlibrary.org/what-is-the-living-library.html The Human Library is an innovative method designed to promote dialogue, reduce prejudices and encourage understanding. The main characteristics of the project are to be found in its simplicity and positive approach. In its initial form the Human Library is a mobile library set up as a space for dialogue and interaction. Visitors to a Human Library are given the opportunity to speak informally with “people on loan”; this latter group being extremely varied in age, sex and cultural background. The Human Library enables groups to break stereotypes by challenging the most common prejudices in a positive and humorous manner. It is a concrete, easily transferable and affordable way of promoting tolerance and understanding.

8. The Human Library Organization Founded in Copenhagen, Denmark by the creators of the Human Library with financial birth aid from the Nordic Council of Ministers youth committee, a global supporter of the Human Library. The Human Library organization aims to unite active organizers from all parts of the world and to promote the use of the Human Library in efforts to create more social cohesion and respect for diversity and human rights.Through the global organizers forum and activities in countries around the world, the network will work to recruit an train new organisers, share experiences and further develop the methodology. The network is an international non-profit organization and has ties to local organizations. Part of the mission is to try and encourage volunteer regional Human Library coordinators, to feed in the information, experiences and developments in their region. The organization will also serve as a marker for the principles of this methodology and an entry point for new organizers.The Human Library organization puts focus to staging introduction activities in new territories. One by one, this is where we start organising a world of Living Libraries.

9. "In all corners of the globe, storytelling is a longstanding tradition with significance that's lost on no one.  It's vital to preserving culture.  It speaks of moments of pride.  It speaks of moments of injustice.  It offers an opportunity to learn.  Most importantly, it inspires us to create change for the future."         - Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger