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From idea to realization: Project Harry Potter
Week
Katarina Mandić and Drahomira Cupar
Department of Information Sciences
University of Zadar
Bobcatsss 2015
Introduction
• Libraries always had the potential to support creative activities
(Techman, 2014)
• They can contribute to the institution's community through events,
displays, and exhibits (Goldsmith & Fonseca, 2008).
• It is important to organize events in library that would draw attention of
the users and engage them in library activities
Zadar Public library as a place for cultural
events
• Mission of the Zadar Public library - bring information, knowledge and
culture to the inhabitants of the city of Zadar and Zadar County (Pavičić,
Alfirević & Aleksić, 2006)
• Basic goal of the Zadar Public library – to be recognized as the cultural
center of the city (Pavičić, Alfirević & Aleksić, 2006)
• This paper will describe „Harry Potter Week” project that was held in
Zadar Public library during the May of year 2014
Design of the project
• This project consists of 4 phases
• First phase of the project - refers to its design
- first idea - make a project related to the famous fictional places from books
and literature
- after talking to advisor, it was decided to start with something more simple
and related to only one book
• Second phase - finding partners for the project
- Main partner - Zadar Public library
• Third phase - finding sponsors
- Algoritam publishing house
- printing and copy center Grafos
- Department of the Information Sciences
- Zadar Public library
…
• Fourth phase - final preparations of the project
- making questions for games and quizzes
- creating decorations for Children’s Department of Zadar Public library,
(e.g. flying keys, the Mirror of Erised, a poster with interesting facts,
letters from Hogwarts etc.)
- informing public about the event
Poster of the manifestation
Author: Mladen Masar
Monday 19th of May– 1st day
• Workshop “How to make an owl” was held at the Children’s Department
of the Zadar Public library
• The participants were pupils of the private primary school “Nova” and
children of the kindergarten “Loptica” (including one student from the
Department of Croatian language)
• To participants were read chapters from the first Harry Potter book in
which Hedwig, his owl pet was mentioned
• Owls were made of empty toilet paper rolls and collage paper in white,
brown, silver and gold colors
• In the afternoon hours, the first sequel of the Harry Potter movie series
was shown in the Mediatheque
„How to make an owl” workshop
Tuesday 20th of May – 2nd day
• Book quiz was held in the library Multimedia Hall
• Questions were related to Harry Potter books
• There were qualifications before the quiz in order to select four
participants that would take part in quiz and win one of Harry Potter
books
• Books were provided by Algoritam publishing house
• Quiz was followed by board game Harry Potter pictionary
• The game was attended by preschoolers and pupils of the elementary
school
Book quiz (questions)
Book quiz (event)
Pictionary
Sources:
- Pictionary board. URL: http://www.planszomania.pl/image/pictionary_board2.jpg (13.01.2015.)
- Pictionary categories. URL: http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/943thepoint.com/files/2013/03/pictionary-1.jpg
(13.01.2015.)
Handmade Harry Potter pictionary
categories
Harry Potter pictionary (with participants)
Drawings of the participants
Wednesday 21st of May – 3rd day
• The movie quiz was held in the library Multimedia Hall
• Also had pre-qualifications
• Questions related to the movie and actors who embodied many
familiar characters from the book
• The winner was also awarded with book from Harry Potter series
• Wizard’s chess - took place in the atrium of the library
Movie quiz (questions and the winner)
Wizard’s chess
Thursday 22nd/ Friday 23rd of May – 4th and 5th
days
• The writing workshop was held in Children’s department of the library
• Participants were given two characters, two locations and two spells from
the Harry Potter books, on which they wrote short stories
• Their works were later exhibited on the main board of the Children’s
Department
• In the afternoon, the second part of the movie – Harry Potter and the
Chamber of Secrets was shown and the next day, the third part was
shown, also in Mediatheque
• Friday was the only day that didn’t have any activities, except for the
screening of the movie
The writing workshop
Saturday 24th of May – 6th day
• Last day of the project
• An improvised Quidditch was held in the library Multimedia Hall
• Participants of all ages
• Three matches played among Slytherin and Gryffindor teams
• Municipal company Čistoća borrowed their brooms so that
participants could play mentioned game
Quidditch
Promotion and decorations
• The project was announced on Facebook, Zadar Public Library
website, Algoritam publishing house website and in the media
• Apart from selling Harry Potter books for prices reduced by 20%,
Algoritam also offered other science fiction and fantasy books for
lower prices
• During the project, the entire Children’s Department was arranged in
the atmosphere of Harry Potter books
Decoration of the Children’s Department
Decoration of the Children’s Department
Instead of conclusion
• Collaboration with sponsors/partners for this project was successful
• Librarians and teachers helped in the design and implementation of the
project
• The response in public to events within the Harry Potter Week was
excellentt
• The plan is to continue with the same event in March 2015
• We are planning to make more collaboration with schools, kindergartens
and other institutions if possible and do more activities, other than
Quidditch, Wizard’s chess, quizzes and Pictionary
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Contact
Thank you for your attention!
• For further information please contact me
Katarina Mandić
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