Ok, fess up! Who hasn't watched Indiana Jones or Lara Croft, or read Matthew Reilly and James Rollins and thought "I want to be doing that! I want to dig for treasure and solve puzzles and be shot at by crazy soldier types ..."?
Well, maybe not the shooting part but you have to admit there is some intrinsic primal urge in each of us to seek adventure, solve the mystery and win the prize.
Geocaching allows us to do that in the safety of our community, without exposing us to doom and danger, or impacting on our work life. After all, very few of us are independently wealthy like Lara Croft or Jack West Jnr. and we need to turn up to work to pay the mortgage.
In a single branch of a public library, geocaching may be hard to administer, but across a Library Service with multiple branches geocaching would be a great way to introduce borrowers to the different services and programs on offer at the different locations.
What appeals to me is the capacity for geocaching to link our branches - Mandurah, Falcon eLibrary and Community Centre, and Accent - with the Mandurah Community Museum, INQB8 art exhibitions, heritage sites, public art, Alcoa Art Gallery and the Visitor Centre particularly during one of our fabulous festivals. The cache could be based on the theme of the festival, and help showcase not just the library and information services, but Libraries, Learning, Arts and Culture within the wider community.
I'm also quite impressed with the idea of a geocaching workshop within the library's Learning Program. It may attract new members and add to the skill base of the community.
Or it could just be fun!
I too like the idea of using Geocaching to link the library branches and museum.
ReplyDeleteI like your enthusiasm but Geocaching is really not doing it for me. I think I would prefer the more dangerous adventures, more along the lines of Indiana Jones in exotic countries.
ReplyDeleteI think your idea of linking the branches based on a theme....
This type of activity was also call 'a rally'. I like the idea of rallying different areas of the City of Mandurah for some gaming. An excellent team building exercise. Now how many up-to-date phones do we have?
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