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Library 10 in a nutshell
•Opened April 1, 2005•Open 78 h/wk•Customers 10 000/wk•Collection 50 000•Recorded works 40 000•Workstations 40•Floor space 800 m²
A Combination of Music and Information Technology
The evolving needs of customers
• Pick-up point for items reserved via the internet
• Participating in the production of information and cultural works, especially music
• Increase use of laptops• Space for study, work, and meeting• Increase of expertise assistance• Changing role for the staff
New premises at the Main Post Office
• Landmark in downtown Helsinki
• A merging of public and private services
• At a main junction of public transport
• Numerous entrances• On-site premises are
connected• Good logistics at
standby
Materials: placement based on theme
Different formats on the same shelves
Töölö bay Music campus
Forthcoming Music Hall ->
Library 10 ->
Finlandia Hall ->
Sibelius Academy ->
Opera ->
Music institute->
Opening Hours
Mon-Thu 10-22Fri 10-18
Sat-Sun 12-18
Weekdays the lobby opens at 8
Customers
• Visitors per week app. 11 000• Ages 15-30 60 %• Percentage of borrowers that are male 60 %• Percentage of customers that check-out materials 50 %
Staff
• Library manager• Staff manager• IT planner• Music librarians 3 • IT specialist 3• Library assistants 11• apprenticeship students 2• Non-military service 2• Students as covers and
trainees
Average age under 35All together 28Males 19
Public space
• Customer area 800 m²• Reading and working points 40 • Computer terminals 35 • Laptop ports 28• Practice- recording- and editing
studios• Group work room• Stage Space divided according to themes
Collections
Music:• CDs 40 000 • Books 5500 • Music notation 9000 • Videos and DVDs 500• Vinyl LPs 1000 • Music Periodicals 85
Other collections:• IT and media• Film and cinema• Comic books• Travel guides • General periodicals
and newspapers
Lobby and service point
• Opens weekdays at 8• Newspapers• Express workstations 12• Automatic Book Return• Pick-up of reservations• Payment of fees
Pop / Rock area
• Pop and rock –music• Pop and rock –books and
periodicals• DVD –movies and music• Film -books and periodicals• Comics and graphic novels• Listening sites• Exhibitions
Classical music area
• Classical music• DVDs and videos• Classical music books• Classical music periodicals• Listening sites• Exhibitions
World area
• World music• Folk music• Travel guides• World music
periodicals• Travel magazines• Travel DVDs
Stage
• Concerts, performances and similar events
• Exhibitions• Multimedia displays• Mobile furnishings• Acoustic interior• PA-equipment• Lighting system• In collaboration with
musical institutes
Multimedia area
• Operating systems in different languages
• Scanners• Image processing• Publishing • CD and DVD burner• Memory card drive• USB and Firewire port• Workstation for the
disabled customers• IT-information service
Do it yourself
Loanable peripheral devices:
• DVD, CD-RW, Floppy, and ZIP drives
• net, USB, etc. connecting wires• memory card readers • Bluetooth sticks • headphones • portable CD-players• DVD viewers
Tables for laptop use
Listening to music
• Hi-fi listening points• Playback room• LP player• Headphones for
computers• Wireless headphones• portable CD-players • Live music
Group Work room
• Seats 18 people• 3M Digital Wall Display
- Projector - Speakers - Interactive display
• Video conferencing• Internet and electrical
ports for laptops• For associations and
organizations• Not for commercial use
Studios: rehearsing, recording, audio, video
• Advance booking• Booking times:
- video editing: maximum 40 hrs in 2, 4 or 6 hour blocks - audio editing: ½ to 4 hrs- recording, rehearsing, music playback: ½ to 2 hrs
• Studios are interconnected via video link• Rooms are soundproof• Courses are given once per month• Students of that field work as instructors and offer
support
• Electric piano • Stereos • Microphones • Guitar/bass amplifier • Electric guitar and bass • Acoustic guitars (nylon
and steel strings) • Capo • Chromatic tuner • Connections to the editing
suites
Recording, rehearsing and playback
Audio editing
• Protools LE (recording software) • Cubase SX3 (editing software) • Numerous other software,
instruments, plug-ins • Mixer • Guitar, Bass and Vocal preamp • Keyboard • Drum pad • DJ record player • MD recorder • Cassette player • DVD ±RW• Connections to the recording suite
Video editing
• Disk space / user 50 GB• Avid Xpress Studio HD
(editing software) • Softimage (3D animation) • Macromedia Director • Protools LE (recording
software) • Capo• DV recorder • S-VHS recorder • DVD ±RW • Connections to the
recording suite
Library functions with a library card
• Time reservations• Workstations• Studios• Instruments,
microphones, etc.• Listening to music• Laptops• WLAN• Do it yourself –devices Expanding the library card as a brand
Music library in a changing environment
Will physical distribution suffice in the future?• Copyrights and distribution of music via the internet:
challenges and risks? • Digitization projects
Traditional duties require: • Information service• Cataloguing • Organizing the collections
New way to approach the operation of a music library
Cultural information society:• Library not just passively supplying produced materials
• Traditional activities of a music library alongside new opportunities provided by information technology
• The library provides an interactive environment, where the customer is both user and producer
• Renewal of culture -> threshold to participate as low as possible
Library 10 is
• the library service point in the city center• a palce for consuming, creating and displaying culture• a public city facility
Glass Palace Media Centre
meetingpoint@lasipalatsi
Background
Governed by the Helsinki City Library
Partners:• Government appointed Information
Society Council’s Citizens’ Information Society Skills Development Section
• The Ministry of Education • Glass Palace Media Centre
Open-to-all education and guidance sessions
Education and training events in the facilities on topicsrelated to electronic ways of carrying out various day-today routines and services offered via the Internet
Employment Office’s Job Centre
At the Job Centre you can get practical instruction on how to use Internet-based Job seeking services
Digital TV Info
Finland will shift over to digital TV on 31.8.2007.
Representatives of the Ministry of Transport and
Communications’ digital TV team will be at the
meetingpoint at fixed times to provide basic information
about digital television and to answer questions.
Meetingpoint for small businesses and freelancers
The Meetingpoint also offers small businesses andfreelancers a place to meet their customers.At the Meetingpoint you can take advantage of the free wlan connection.
Meetingpoint for service producers
Meetingpoint provides service producers an opportunity tomeet customer groups and get direct feedback from theusers of their services.
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