Erik Boekesteijn, founder and director Doklab, Doklab and ShanachieTour
Erik Boekesteijn works in the Science and Innovation Department at DOK, the library concept centre. His work includes marketing, promotion and innovation. Together with Jaap he works on many DOK Studio productions. They are also hired as a team by other libraries for a period of time to reorganize their library. Erik is also one of the founders of the UGame Ulearn project. Erik has a degree in English and is specialized in the area of interpreter/translator. Erik has written some articles for CIL and MLS that were well received. Erik has been doing video tours looking for best practise in libraries in many countires, among which Ireland, Jamaica, and the USA. The last tour is now published as a book with DVD by ITI under the title ShanchieTour, a library road trip across America. Currently the LBI (library Bureau of Investigation) is touring Australia in search for new stories to inspire librarians all over the world. Their videos can also be watched on www.shanachietour.com