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Presentation of my ongoing project Iceland - a Library Stroll at Landsfundur Upplýsingar in Stykkishólmur.TRANSCRIPT
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Iceland – a library stroll
preliminary report
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Overview
• Aim of the project• Goals and issues• What is strollology?• Outside the library – inside the library• Coverage• Route of the first tour in July• By the way …
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Aim of the project
• Getting a comprehensive overview of the Icelandic library system
• Providing a new view on Iceland itself as a modern knowledge society
• Field-testing a new approach in library sociology
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Iceland?
• Glaciers• Puffins• Cultural Heritage• Volcanos• Ice• Loneliness• Nature reserves
• Education• Art• Geothermal energy• Aluminium mills• Skyline• Free public transport• Responsibility for the community
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Goals and issues
• Getting to know the library system• Research about libraries in sparsely inhabited regions• Introduction of strollology in LIS• What can we learn from Icelandic libraries?• How are they integrated in their communities?
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
What ist strollology?
• Anthropological method• Introduced in urban planning in the 1980s• Swiss planner and sociologist Lucius Burckhardt• Averting superficial, accustomed views on space• Acquiring insights of a space by concentrated perception
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Example: Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Outside the library – inside the library
• Strolling the environment of the library• Monitoring the library itself• Taking pictures• Interview with staff about stories and characteristics• Little survey about facts and figures• Connecting things
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Coverage of the project
• Mainly public libraries• University library Akureyri• Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn• Norræna húsið• Institutional Cooperations• Strolling with eyes open!
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Monument for Jón Eiríksson
Museum for Þórbergur Þórðarson
Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10Public Library National/Academic/Special Library Landmark/Museum
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Iceland – a library stroll
Landsfundur Upplýsingar 2010 Olaf Eigenbrodt 09/10
Acknowledgements
• Goethe Institut Kopenhagen• Anna Sigríður Einarsdóttir • Beate Detlefs• Matthias Platz• Þórdís T. Þórarinsdóttir • … and all the Icelandic librarians who supported the
project so far
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