Future Library Unconference 2013 - Maija Berndtson
1. A Future for Libraries?
Perhaps, if…
Future Library Unconference Athens-Greece
9 – 10 December, 2013
Maija Berndtson
Ex Library Director (Helsinki City Library 1987-2013)
10. WHAT ARE LIBRARIES FOR?
Culture
all arts, continuity
Democracy
information, versatility
Development
lifelong learning
Integration
social cohesion, equality
Exploration
research
Serendipity
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18. The concept of the learning,
working The leisure time
and clients’ need
for independent
environment expands
activities increases
The growing significance of
collaboration and interaction
19. The growing importance of
supporting social and digital equality
Locality and physical encounters
are still important
21. Challenge
New building architecture
for digital universe
Metadata Electronic books
Open learning
Classical
literature,
music,
movies
Open
data
refinery
Exhibition and
knowledge center
Hybrid media
New knowledge
creation
Helsinki Central Library Project, Feasibility Study 2010
by Klaus Oesch
Cloud computing
National
digital
library
Meeting forum
23. Pocket Library in Helsinki Metropolitan Area
https://github.com/helsinki-city-library/pocketlibrary
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Pocket Library is a new kind of a
service for library patrons. It runs on
modern iPhone and Android
smartphones.
The service expands the traditional
notion of checking out materials,
making it possible for library users to
check out books and other items
directly from other users anywhere.
The latest is that the mobile is library
card, too.
To be more generally useful as a
library users personal information
assistant, it also has the ability to
manage the users' loans and explore
the library catalog.
24. Laptop doctor
The Laptop doctor helps customers
one-on-one with updates, security issues,
and installation of programs
25. Urban Office Meeting Point open for all
Modern equipment, free work and business
negotiation place
Skype calls, scanners, headsets, printing,
WLAN-N wireless, web cams for loan, chargers
27. Digitize your LPs and cassettes at Vinyl Bar!
• At the new Vinyl Bar you
can listen to LPs and audio
cassettes, but also convert
them to a digital format.
• The conversion of LPs and
cassettes are specifically to
CD-format, requiring a CDR
/ CDRW disc. It functions on
a self-serve basis.
29. The library as facilitator
The library provides its customers
with space, equipment, and knowhow as needed.
The customers describe what types
of events, materials, and guidance
they need.
The library and its customers develop
activities and events together.
30. Cross-European survey to measure
users’ perceptions of the benefits of ICT in
public libraries
Final report
March 2013
Susannah Quick, Gillian Prior, Ben Toombs, Luke Taylor and Rosanna Currenti
The purpose of the research was to understand the impact that public libraries in the
EU have on users’ lives.
http://www.minedu.fi/export/sites/default/OPM/Kirjastot/kansainvaelinen_ja_euyhteistyoe/Liitteet/Final_Report_-_Cross-European_Library_Impact.pdf
31. % of adults who have used a public library in
the last 12 months/last month
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34. The site of the new central library in
Helsinki,www.keskustakirjasto.fi
35. The winner of the architectural competition of Helsinki Central Library, by ALA Architects,
Käännös
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37. The New Central Library in Helsinki - Facts
• A hub of knowledge, skills and stories
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5,000 - 6000 visitors a day
1.5 – 2.0 million visitors a year
200 000 items (books etc) to borrow
Events and guidance
10,000 m² of the library of the future
Open public space, free for all
Open 24/7 – part of it
Every day something new
Construction cost over 90 million Euros
Finished 2017-2018; 2017 The Centennial of Finland´s independence
38. New aspects in and for the planning
process
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This is not a new main library with the administration and the book
magazine – it is ”a people´s palace”
User-oriented service design
Not one style all over the building
Ubiquitous building: from audiovisual to sensomotoric media culture
All senses
Knowledge, emotion and fantasy
Special attention to the acoustics and the ecology
39. The hottiest topic - the Sauna
• Helsinki citizens already expect the new central library
to have a sauna for their own and tourists’ delight
40. A Future for Libraries? Yes, if…
• we look at people´s lives and at the society, not at our services
• we are people-oriented: from collection and transactions to
relations and communication
• our service code is: Not ”to people”, yes ”for people”, more
”with customers”, and even ”by customers”
• we create personified services
• we make library a living place with different activities and thus
emphasize the role of library as public space and creative
milieu
• we move from offering access to information to knowledge
creating and innovation
• we learn to cooperate and work with different partners
