Defining Tomorrow's Library

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defining tomorrow’s li·brary (noun \ˈlī-ˌbrer-ē, -ˌbre-rē)

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Presentation from the Gates Foundation's Global Libraries 2013 Peer Learning Meeting. From our brainstorming meeting, the top ten things in tomorrow's library: play, engagement, books, tools, people, access, outreach, mobile, technology, light.

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defining tomorrow’s li·brary(noun \ˈlī-ˌbrer-ē, -ˌbre-rē)

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Sidsel Bech-Petersen, Library Transformer, Aarhus Public Libraries

Stephanie Chase, Director of Library Programs & Services, The Seattle Public Library; @acornsandnuts

Wendy Knapp, Associate Director of Statewide Services, Indiana State Library, @wpitts

Ramune Petuchovaite, EIFL-PLIP manager, @ramupetu

Pam Smith, Director, Anythink Libraries, @panythink

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Where are we going?“A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.”

-Andrew Carnegie

"A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way information, inspiration, and recreation. If a better way than the book can be found, we should use it."

-Melvil Dewey

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Are we alone in facing change?

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Possibilities

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2013/03/would-more-people-use-public-library-if-it-had-water-slide/5019/

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The "Leg Up"

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Zen Garden?

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Aarhus Public LibrariesNew Main Library in Aarhus – Dokk1Opens 2014

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A new way of working

Prototype

Evaluate

Design

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A new way of working

Prototype

Evaluate

DesignAnd it will not stop!

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The users are the key factor

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Compass rather than roadmap!

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Meeting Space

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Performative space

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Performative space

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Inspiration Space

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Learning space

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Tomorrow's library could be...

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The Maker Library – the Local Community’s Innovation Space -> innovation is our new service!

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A Mashup Library -> a mashup of needs, resources and people in the local community. Maybe organized by the users?

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A low-intensive meeting space -> where you are exposed to new values and ideas that they don't meet at work, in school, at the sports club etc.

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A Relational Library: A library based on facilitation of relations – we are in the relational business!

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Test it out! The library as an ongoing prototype

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Utena municipality public library, Lithuania

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Public library and community hall in Mubende, Uganda

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Mobile Library Internet Service for Development in Volta region, Ghana

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Ghana: Volta regional library to be

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exposing the elements of the library

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living room, not reading room

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the mixing chamber

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books spiral

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new living rooms

image via http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2012/apr/14/library-takes-book-club-on-the-water/

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new access points for the collection

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point of need service

image via http://literarytourist.com/2012/02/page/2/

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what makes all of these things -- from the burro to the e-reader

to the sandbox to the makerspace

a library?

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