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Transcript of Danish Library Association - voorstelling door Hellen Niegaard
Danish Library Association
Public Library Advocacy
Hellen Niegaard – Chief Consultant/Editor-in-chief
Welcome to Denmark
DLA Ultra Short
Today’s Public Library & Challenges
Facts about DLA/the way we work
Facts about the Public Library Landscape
Our 2016 Main Focus
DLA Ultra Short DLA (Danish Library Association) has a special
association structure including both library professionals as well as local politicians.
The President is always a politician and local politicians always constitute the majority of the council.
President Vagn Ytte Larsen
President of the Danish Library Association Steen B. Andersen
Chairman of th Culture Committee. Municipality Aarhus
DLA Vision
DLA sets the public library agenda,
highlighting the value of
culture, learning and education
DLA is the driving force, the
spokesman and the advisory body
when libraries develop a framework
of democracy for the local community
The modern library
Is more than just books
- a house of identity
being developed together with users
contributing to the knowledge society
creating community benefits and social
capital
Who are the DLA members?
Danish municipalities, represented by their politicians
Library decision makers and professionals as well as library associations and – institutions
Other cultural associations
Students of the Royal School of Library and Information Science
What kind of
political influence
With 78 municipalities as members
DLA represents approximately 85%
of the Danish population (5,7 mio.)
Personal Members 298
Institutional Members 36
Students app. 50
DLA Organisation
General Assembly Elect the President and Vice
President
Politicians 35 members
(active politicians, members of their
municipalities)
Library Professionals 17 members
Council 52 members
Executive Board
10 members
Digitizing committee Cultural committee Learning committee
Lobbying towards all relevant decision makers
Raising awareness and debate on relevant matters
DB Annual Meeting – the meeting place for politicians and the public library sector
National and regional library conferences on hot topics
Carrying out, initiating and participating in library projects and surveys
Participating in official hearings/central committees nationally and internationally
How does DLA work II
Danish Think Tank:
Libraries of the Future
The public currently pay
DKK 2.5 bn via taxes and
the study demonstrate
a total value of DKK 6bn.
484 Library Units (2014) Of those 283+ are “Open Libraries” - See next slide. In total a 50% reduction since 1980, also reflecting a 2007-Government Reform. Including the 106 new ”pick up service points” in stores etc. = 590 in total
Public libraries 1996-2014
Main Libraries
Buses
Branch Libr
Pick up places
Citizen Services
(Borgerservice)
A majority of
municipalities
offers Citizen
Services –
Borgerservice -
at the public
library.
2016 DLA Focus &
Main Challenges
Support transformation of Yesterday’s Library to The 21st Century LIBRARY (physical and digital)
Create a new narrative We have to explain what the modern library is, if we want politicians to understand and support the modern public library
Update Library Law (2000) Debate on the law compared to Library Services version 2016