1. Co-creating Library Innovation –
Network of Nordic Public Libraries
Libraries in Network: Creating,
Participating, Co-operation
IFLA Satellite Conference 2012
Klaipeda, Lithuania
Lotte Duwe Nielsen ldn@aarhus.dk
Jannik Mulvad jmu@aarhus.dk
Aarhus Public Libraries
Lotte Duwe Nielsen & Jannik Mulvad
Aarhus Public Libraries
2. • First of all, we thank the organizers for the
invitation. We are so pleased to be here today
• Also thanks to our sponsors Edvard Pedersen
Library Fund and Nordic Culture Point
Lotte Duwe Nielsen & Jannik Mulvad
Aarhus Public Libraries
3. Agenda
• Introduction
• About Nordic Network (LDN)
• Library Boot Camps, what is it? (JMU)
• The Goal for Nordic Network (LDN)
• Challenges for the future library, input from the Nordic
Camps (JMU)
• VoxPop from the Welcome party at Klaipėda County
IevaSimonaitytė Public Library (JMU)
• VillageSquare/Coffee Break, reflecton the challenges
• Questions and Future (LDN)
• Slides willbeavailable at
http://www.slideshare.net/NordicPublicLibraries
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Aarhus Public Libraries
4. Jannik Mulvad
Library Innovator, Aarhus Public Libraries
• 18 years experiences in public
libraries, 7 as ”real” librarian ;-)
• Working with digital content in
the physical library
• Consultant on Urban
Mediaspace Aarhus
• Project manager of
TransformationLab 2
• Participates in nextlibrary.net,
Network of Nordic Public
Libraries
• Works with creative processes in
idea development
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5. Lotte Duwe Nielsen
Library Transformer, Aarhus Public Libraries
• > 30 yearsexperiences in public
libraries
• 13 yearsfull time on innovation,
fundraising, international contacts,
networks and portfolio
management of innovation
projects
• Consultanton Urban Mediaspace
Aarhus
• Project manager of NextLibraryand
Network of Nordic Public Libraries
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6. Yeswe made a mistake
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8. The Main Library – Aarhus
innovation for the new library
The new library is our perspective on
all innovation projects , partnerships
and inspiring, international contacts
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10. Largest construction project in the history of Aarhus
Mediaspace 16.500 m2
Rental areas10.000m2
Parking 1.000 cars
Revealing of the stream
Urban harbourspace
Traficregulation
LigthRail tracé
Climatesecuring of the center of the city
www.urbanmediaspace.dk
11. Budget Euro - 2011
260.540.000
Financing Euro- 2011
Realdania og Realdania Byg 96.890.000
Sale of the 54.150.000
currentlibrarybuilding, rental
The Municipality of Aarhus 109.500.000
Total 260.540.000
(899.596.728 LTL)
13. About Network of Nordic Public Libraries
• 3 year project: 2010-2012
• Funded by: North Culture
Point
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14. Network of Nordic Public Libraries
Partners - 7 libraries:
• Iceland: Reykjavik, Akureyri, Kópavogur
• Norway: Oslo
• Sweden: Stockholm
• Finland: Helsinki
• Denmark: Aarhus
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15. Why? Purpose
To strengthen a shared Nordic
understanding, culture and
tone about innovative libraries
To co-create innovative ideas
for common Nordic concepts
for public libraries
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16. 1st perspective:
STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE ON LIBRARY INNOVATION
• The network was initiated by the strategic
management forums of the network partners
in 2009. To “hand over” the network to the
next generation of library innovators
• 2012: The Strategic Group of managers of
Akureyri, Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm and
Aarhus isdrafting the strategic
challenges of the future for
public libraries in the Nordic
Countries
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17. • The draft is now
discussed by
participants and will be
the basis for the
innovation camp
September 2012
• Outcome: A strategic
manifest for public
libraries of the future
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Aarhus Public Libraries
18. 2nd perspective:
BUILDING IDEAS, COMPETENCES AND NETWORK
• Ideas and competences
(knowledge, skills and attitudes)
is developed by involving library
staff from the 5 project partners
• Personal relations that take-off
in creative and personal
meetings provide the
foundation for further
collaboration about strategies,
tendencies and future Nordic
projects and network
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19. 3rd perspective:
DISSEMINATION
– IMPACT ON POLICY AND LIBRARY INNOVATION
• Dissemination to local, regional and
national level in the 5 countries -
and to the international level in
conferences papers and social media
• Methods, ideas, strategies and discussions
about library innovation are published
online.
• Everybody are invited to participate in
discussions on the website:
http://nordiccamps.ning.com
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Aarhus Public Libraries
20. Impact: Notake-awayproducts, but
ideas, methods and network
As for us at Reykjavik City Library the
camp and everything that happened in
Reykjavik….maybe especially the methodology
used has been very useful for us.
Since last autumn we have been
using the "Next Library" way in
our work when thinking about
the future, Next Reykjavik City
Library, for the next three years.
In September we shall use a shorter version of the
"Next Library" methodology during a workday
where all the cultural institutions run by the city
will participate.
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Aarhus Public Libraries
21. The network stages 3 Camps
• 3 creative learning camps
invole (at least) 50 library
staff per camp across the
project partners:
• 2010: Reykjavik, Iceland
• 2011: Stockholm, Sweden
• 2012: Oslo, Norway
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22. Icecamp 2010
• 73 participants
• 6 groups:
– 1: Flexibility
– 2: The prosumer
– 3: Fabriries
– 4: Where is the library
– 5: Reclaiming the future
– 6: Bridging the physical and
the virtual
• 12 facilitators and Jannik
Mulvad/Aarhus as camp leader
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23. Camp Stockholm 2011
9 groups:
1: The North Stream
(videoconferences for citizens across the Nordic libraries)
2: The Luxurious Library
3: BRILL NET – the Brilliant Nordic Network
(sharing competences across the Nordic libraries)
4: Scchy – the Quiet Library
5: The Nordic Portal of Fear (empower staff for transformation)
6 The library as a learning arena for Active Citizenship -
7: The Nordic Model of Extreme Humanism
8: The Nordic Library Campaign
9: An Open Place in an Open Space
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24. Camp Oslo 2012
• ? Participants
• ? Strategic challenges
• Result: strategic manifest incl.
recommendations for Nordic
Public Libraries of the future
• You are all invited for the final
presentation at the camp 25
September 2012 in Hotel
Leankollen, Oslo
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25. How ?
(library boot camps – what is it?)
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26. How we doo it!
• Lots of preparation
• 36 hours isolation, Boot Camp
• The right settings and atmosphere
• Rapid loops
• Fun and mistakes
• Facilitators – new and experienced learning by
working side-by-side
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27. Hi, myname is…
• If I couldstay at any
age, I'dlike to be...
• If I had the
dayofftomorrow, I
would...
• The most funthing I
did thisyearwas...
• I'vealwayswanted to
(but never had the
courage to) ....
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28. One Method
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29. 4 Principles
• No-Judgement
- creates confidence
• Task Focused
- creates motivation
• Parallel thinking
- creates concentration
• Horizontal Thinking
- creates the right use the knowledge
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30. No-Judgement
• Its OK to make
mistakes
• wecelebratemistakes
• We aresupposed to
make mistakes
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31. Yeswe made a mistake
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32. Task Focused
• We focus on the
problem, NOT the
person
• Only the facilitators
know the time and
the plan
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33. Parallel thinking
• We all work with the
same question
• We have the same
time to and the
same tools
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34. Horizontal Thinking
• we use all available
knowledge
• we seek diversity
• we are trying to
expand our
conception of
solutions
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35. The Brain as a library
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36. A walk in the woods…
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37. Input from Klaipeda
• We would like to know
about the challenges you
are facing
• Input from Welcome party
(KlaipėdaCountyIevaSimona
itytė Public Library),
and in the City
• Village Square
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38. from your point of view, what is the most
importantstrategicchallenge for the public
libraries of the future?
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39. Voxpop 1
Ruth Ørnholt
• Innovative
• Find new services
• Reflect the society they are
part of
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41. Voxpop 2
AnetteMjöberg
• Different education and
other competences in the
library
• Network
• New partners
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45. Voxpop 4
Jan Richards
• Rethink the traditional
concept of what makes a
good staff member
• Think creatively about how
we bring people together in
our workforce
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47. Voxpop 5
David Jonsson
• The library as a place where
you exchange experiences
• The staff, books and
technology is all support
functions for that
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49. Voxpop 6
RamunéPetuchovaité
• Accept that standard and pure
public library practice is
disappearing
• Different shapes and kinds of
libraries merges
• New concept of a more liquid
library
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53. Voxpop 8
BredaKarun
• The traditionallibrary as an
open and
inclusivecommunityplace in
a world of transformation
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55. from your point of view, what is the most
importantstrategicchallenge for the public
libraries of the future?
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Aarhus Public Libraries
57. • Show the world what you find as a challenge
• http://nordiccamps.ning.com/
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Aarhus Public Libraries
58. Find the challenge from the interview
that you find most important and
merge it with your own challenge
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59. Results of your work will be posted on the website for this conference
http://vimeo.com/12940579
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60. Tool Box
• Coming soon: Best practice on how to
organize innovation library camps
• Creative Platform
• www.nordiccamps.ning.com
• White paper for the future. What are the 10
top challenges for the libraries
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61. Info about Network of Nordic Public Libraries
• http://nordiccamps.ning.com/
Introductorypresentations,
discussions, photos, descriptions of
ideas, videos, voxpops – and the
song
• Vimeo:
http://vimeo.com/user4012515/vid
eos
• Presentations:
http://www.slideshare.net/NordicPu
blicLibraries
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Aarhus Public Libraries