Denmarks Open Libraries
Open libraries
Open libraries
Self service hours + hours with staff
Open libraries
Self service hours + hours with staff
WHY?
The next 23 minutes:
Why open libraries?
How? (Including a lot of basic facts)
What are the strategic implications?
Open VS Closed
Facts
86 of 97 library systems in Denmark have open libraries =260 open libraries in Denmark
Facts
32.000 opening hours (More than the double of 2010) 61% are self service hours
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Guldborgsund Public Library
Strategies for open libraries:
Design of the library space aligned with strategy
Strategies for open libraries:
Create a safe environment
Strategies for open libraries:
Increased usability
Strategies for open libraries:
Increase use as local meeting place
Strategies for open libraries:
Nudging: How to be present when we are not there
Radical trust
High trust societies
High trust societies
ScandinaviaSwitzerland
China
NetherlandsNew Zealand
AustraliaCanada
UK
Data: Max Roser (2015) – ‘Trust’. Published online at OurWorldInData.org
Surveillance
RFID
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Problems?
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Commuters
People use the library more and treat it as their own
Nudging
Nudging
Nudge people to help each other when there is no staff
Nudging
People take part in presenting good books in the library
Connect the dots
Library strategy:Actively support learning in
a fun and engaging way
Libraries will beCocreated active learning spaces with the smell of
good coffee
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Thank you!
Jan Holmquist
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Twitter: @janholmquist
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CORE
What is in it for libraries?
Reach People -> New Members
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