LIVING LIBRARY – THE SOURCE OF INSPIRA-

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Executive Summary Living Library- The Source of Inspiration is a non-profit organiza-

tion/community established by students around the globe. Our organization envisions and dreams of establishing a network which contains many differently talented individuals who are will-ing 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 differ-ent students around the globe by means of tutoring and mentor-ing on a personal basis as well as on an online networking basis. The organization’s service is not only limited to academic as-pects; 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)

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General Organization Descrip-tion

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 on-line sources, the organization will allow customers to raise their voices on issues and communi-cate 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 pro-vide 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 mem-bers 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 com-munity which is willing and able to “think globally and act locally.”

Strengths and Core Competen-cies

The foundation parameters on which we ensure the excellence of our service are:

a) Mutual Interactionb) Honestyc) Diversityd) Intimacye) Sincerity and Passion f) Online Resources• Challenges 1) Significant amount of information can be acquired through written texts and

many online resources.2) A credibility issue may rise as the organization has been established by stu-

dents, not experts.3) Customers’ many different/various demands may rise, and we might not

have appropriate living books who can answer/meet the customers’ de-mands.

4) The organization, at this beginning state, has a limited number of living book resources to meet the customers’ demands.

Service Overview For different age groups from different backgrounds, our va-riety of mentoring service will be offered in different sources. The mentoring/tutoring will be performed through: a) Personal tutoring/mentor-

ing on a local basisb) Online sharing through in-

teractive networks(Website, Blog, Facebook, Twitter, Youtheca page)

c) Online tutoring/mentoring through messengers (AIM, MSN, OovoO, SKYPE)

A) Personal Tutoring/Mentoring on a local ba-sisPersonal tutoring/mentoring will be per-formed on a local basis. Living Library branches will visit their respective local li-braries and offer service on a regular basis.

B) Online Sharing Online sharing will be done through inter-active 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.

C) Online Tutoring/Mentoring ServiceOnline tutoring/mentoring service will be operated via online messengers such as AIM, MSN, OovoO, and SKYPE. The organi-zation’s faculty contacts will be posted on a website so that customers can reach the faculty. (The sector will create a Q & A sec-tion in a webpage and connect the cus-tomers with the faculty members.)

Benefits and FeaturesA) Highlighted Featuresa) Mutual and Dynamic Interaction

between living books and readersb) Personal Sharing of informationc) Sharing of human books’ first-per-

son experienced) Up-to-date Internet Website

B) Why people need this service?e) Sharing of information that may

not be available in books (Personal experience)

f) Customization of mentoring/tutor-ing

g) Quality-based tutoring on the ba-sis of many student activity lead-ers

h) Diversity ignited by various men-tors/tutors from many different backgrounds

i) Quality tutoring/mentoring for a Free Service

What is the Human Library? http://humanlibrary.org/what-is-the-living-library.htmlThe Human Library is an innovative method designed to promote dialogue, reduce prejudices and encourage un-derstanding. 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 posi-tive and humorous manner. It is a concrete, easily trans-ferable and affordable way of promoting tolerance and understanding.

The Human Library Organization Founded in Copenhagen, Denmark by the creators of the Hu-man Library with financial birth aid from the Nordic Council of Ministers youth committee, a global supporter of the Human Li-brary. The Human Library organization aims to unite active or-ganizers 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 method-ology. 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 orga-nizers.

The Human Library organization puts focus to staging introduc-tion activities in new territories. One by one, this is where we start organising a world of Living Libraries.

"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 Kiel-burger