Being a Library. MakingLibraries.

Trento20th May 2011

Maija BerndtsonLibrary DirectorHelsinki City Library

Architects NRT

The Interactive and multimedia library

If you have a garden and a library,You have everything you need.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

What are libraries for?

• Culture – all arts, continuation• Democracy – information, versatility• Development – lifelong learning• Integration – social cohesion, equality• Exploration – research• Serendipity – discovery, innovation

”Fantasy is more important thanknowledge”.

”Logic will take you from A to Bbut imagination takes you anywhere”.

Albert Einstein, 1879-1955

The new library?

If this is the new library accessibleeverywhere, why would you need the traditional library?

The Ubiquitous SocietyConnects everyone and everything.

Easy connection to networks ”anytime, anywhere, by anything and anyone”. A society where ICT will be everywhere in daily life and can easily

be used.

Person to Person plus Person to Goods, and Goods to Goods. In everyaspect, communication will play an even more important role.

Creation of vitality of the individual, vitalize the society.Based on users’ viewpoints.

Close to the user.

Users can be suppliers too, ”prosumers”.

Ubiquitous Library

The Younsei Samsung Library in South Korea

Any desired information and services are accessible to all users at any place withinthe building due to the advanced IT facilities. The wireless LAN is installedthroughout the building and it offers high-speed internet access anywhere. Then, there is a Radio-frequency identification (RFID) card. If students have their studentID cards, they can easily use any personalized services and information provided bythe library.

http://annals.yonsei.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=644

Cultural Library

The Younsei Samsung Library in South Korea

U-Lounge provides users with high technology equipments of the most advanceddesign. Students can enjoy abundant digital contents such as IPTV (Internet Protocol television), UCC video clips*, movies, digital book, and electronicnewspapers.

*Users can create User-Created Contents (UCC) video clips beyond text and imageshttp://www.iisi.de/fileadmin/IISI/upload/C_T/2007/Kim_Abstract.pdf

*Thousands of most popular UCC video clips in Korea are ready for your mobile entertainment.http://www.appbrain.com/app/nate-video/com.skcomms.android.natevideo

Drivers of library development

1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

Interactive communalInformation in digitalformat

Literature, magazines and collections

Digital media MeetingplaceMeetingtechnology

Refinement of open communalcivic information

Database and semanticontologyservices

Borrowing andinformationservices

Electronic and hybrid books

Games and intelligenteveryday digitalcontent

3D virtualartefacts

Metainformation

Informationand exhibitioncentre

Openlearningenvironment

Linearpublishedinformation

Passivecustomer

Active customercommunity

Education

Communications

Technology’scritical massData procedures

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Drivers of library development

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

Creatingvalues

IT and telecommunication

Digital media and the internet

Library as a passive subject:Separatelibraries as data resources

Interactionand collaboration

Prevention of social exclusionDemocratic agentDevelopment of socialcapital

Building and strengtheningthe structures, processesand networksof the informationsociety:

InteractiveIT

Developmentof the value networkand ecosystemof libraries

Value-addingcommunitiesWeb 2.0 methods of participatory economy

Exploratory learning andinteractive communicationas drivers of development

Library as an active agent:Citizens as active andinformed agents and asintelligent communities

• Thinking and problem-solving skills• Working skills• Skills to master working tools• Skills of active citizenship

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The library as an innovation centre – modular space

Initiator of information activitiesfor citizens

ParticipationCreation of new knowledge

Urban officeMeeting placeTheme groups and

workshopsSME incubator

Creation of personified metadata

Libraries.fi/Information service

Search engine guidance

Helsinki neighbourhood associations

Facebook groups

Refinery of civic knowledge

Involving the publicInformation technology

procedures

Common user interfaceHelmet.fi, libraries.fi –

library´s services on the net

WorkstationsPrinting, scanning,

copying, conferencesCharging service

Café

ConferencesWork table space

Workshop andteaching spaceAV technologyVideo conferenceWeb community

Seats, sofasComputer terminalsLounge-like

Workshop spaceAV technologyVideo conferenceWeb community

Data networkBroadbandLAN 3G

Library 10Organising library materials

to support the customer-physical content-online content

Activator of intelligentcommunities

AdviceWork table space

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Welcome to Library 10 in Main Post Office Building withPost Office Helsinki 10

Library 10 in a nutshell

•Opened April 1, 2005•Open 78 h/wk•Customers 2 000/day•Collection 63 000•Recorded works 47 000•Workstations 40•Public space 800 m²

A Combination of Music and Information Technology

Library 10 before

Library 10 now

- Materials that seldom ( one year) circulated were removed- CDs: jewel boxes were replaced with plastic sleeves- New lower shelves were installed

Visible entrance

Opening hours: Mon-Thu 10-22Fri 10-18

Sat-Sun 12-18

Weekdays the lobby opens at 8

Mobile furnishings

Light furniture

Low furnishings

Customers

• Visitors per month app. 50 000• Ages 15-30 60 %• Percentage of customers that

are male 60 %• Percentage of customers that check-out

materials 50 %

Visible customers

Active customers

Visible collections

Music:• CDs 47 000 • Books 5500 • Music notation 9000 • Videos and DVDs 500• Vinyl LPs 1000 • Music Periodicals 85

Other collections:• IT and media• DVDs• Comic books• Travel guides • General periodicals

and newspapers• Bestsellers• Computer games

Changing collections

Current collections

Lobby and service point

• Opens weekdays at 8• Newspapers• Express workstations 12• Automatic return

machine• Pick-up of reservations• Payment of fees

• Along the main avenue• Visual contact with each other• Easily approachable for customers• Convenient for staff to exit• Positioned for side by side guidance

Service and info points

Stage

• Concerts, performances and panel discussions

• Exhibitions• Multimedia displays• Mobile furnishings• Acoustic interior• PA-equipment• Lighting system• Online broadcasting

Customers as producers and organizers

• Customers participate in organizing exhibitions, events, and concerts • 80 % of all events organize by customers

• Concerts, lectures, panel discussions, writer visits, interviews, story telling, and book talks are recorded

• Distribution channels: webcasts, podcasts, mp3, radio • Sharing through web

Library as a publisher

Do you want to be something?

Do you want to be musician?Do you want to be actor?Do you want to be TV host?

Co-operating with Job Centre

Mobile Events Technology • Speakers

• Mixer

• Digital receiver

Box

• Microphones

• Digital Recorder

• Screen 130”

• HD-Projector

• Playstation 3

• Nintendo Wii

• DJ-gear

• Video cameras

All kinds of events

Movies

Gigs

DJ

Discussion sessions

Game-sessions

Interviews

Video recording events

Broadcasting video & audio online

Customer can sing favoriteEurovision song on to a CDand take part in an Internet Competition

In touch with the times:Eurovision karaoke

Studios: recording, audio, video

Customers can come to the library toplay, record and edit their own music,spoken word and videos.

Customers can save their recordingsto their own Media Card for publicuse.

• Electric piano • Stereos • Microphones • Guitars and bass• E-drums

• Booking times: ½ to 2 hrs• Utilizations rate: 90%

Recording, rehearsing and playback

Audio editing

• Recording software • Editing software• Mixer • Keyboard • Drum pad • DJ record player

• Booking times: ½ to 4 hrs • Utilizations rate: 80%

Video editing

• Editing software• 3D animation software• Recording software• DV recorder • S-VHS recorder

• Booking times: maximum 40 hrs in 2, 4 or 6 hour blocks

• Normally used for project work

VHS -> DVD

Library Radio

Voice for library services:Library introductionsAuthor introductionsInterviewsSecrets of HelsinkiPresent at the various eventsPublished & broadcasted through radio &

web.

Group Work room

• Seats for 18 people• 3M Super Close Projector • Video conferencing• Not for commercial use• For associations and

organizations:- Comic association- Helsinki cyclist- Ikebana association- Board game group- Traffic policy association- Spanish literature group- etc…

Staff

• Library manager• Staff manager• IT planner• IT specialist • Media assistant• Music librarians

Average age under 35All together 28Males 19

• Events organizer• Library assistants • Apprenticeship students • Non-military service • Students as covers and trainees

From living room to working room

• Space and equipment for creating, displaying and publishing media

• Wlan-connections to various databases• Moveable tables and plugs for laptops

Furnish as you need

Work how you want

Library functions with a library card

• Workstations• Studios• Instruments,

microphones, etc.• Listening to music• WLAN for laptops• Do it yourself –devices

Expanding the library card as a brand

The library as facilitator

The library provides its customers with space, equipment, and know-how as needed. The customers describe what types

of events, materials, and guidance they need.

The library and its customers develop activities and events together.

Meetingpoint in the Lasipalatsi Film and Media Centre

- Showcase for the information society and a meeting point and a modern marketplace in the heart of Helsinki

Meetingpoint in a nutshell

• Guidance for electronic servicesand communication

• Co-operative with public and private sectors

• Urban Office • Laptop services for seniors

Laptop doctor

The Laptop doctor helps customers one-on-one with updates, security issues,and installation of programs

The laptop club - learning together

•Once a week - every week•Every week a new subject to learn•Topic chosen by club members•Learning together- helping each other

The Laptop classroom can be packed in a small space, for example two sport bags

The Laptop classroom moveseasily by public transportation(or taxi) anywhere in the Helsinki area

No need for a computer classroom

The moving laptop classroom

Local library Media days

Fun Fun Fun!

Professionalknowledge

MusicEveryday digital media

Urban Office in Meetingpoint open for all- modern equipment, free work and business negotiation place- skype calls, scanners, headsets, printing, WLAN-N wireless, web cams for loan, chargers

Mobile soundproof walls

Urban Office for urban wanderers

Office kiosks and chairs

Urban Info

Old and new office supplies:•Hole puncher•Tapler•Tape•Pens

•Adapters•Cables•Memory card readers•DVD, CD-RW, USB, ZIP drives

Meetingpoint@lasipalatsi.fi

Paradigm shift

Rikhardinkatu Library(1904)

Library 10(2007)

Kallio Library 1919 Itäkeskus Library 2007

Helsinki City LibraryVision 2005 -

The boundless library –a source of

enlightenmentand

inspirationthroughout your life.

Helsinki City Library 2010

• 588 600 inhabitants• 36 libraries• 1,9 million library items• 9,2 million loans• 15,6 loans / inhabitant • 6,4 million physical visits• 11 visits / inhabitant • 6,8 million virtual visits

Rikhardinkatu Library 1882

Pasila Library, 1986

The Central Library – developing the city center for citizens and for those

who visit Helsinki

The New Central Library in Helsinki - Facts

A hub of knowledge, skills and stories

• 5,000 visitors a day• 1.5 million visitors a year• Extensive selection of items to borrow • Events and guidance• 10,000 m² of the library of the future • Open public space, free for all• Open 24/7 – part of it• Every day something new• Construction cost about 69,9 million Euros

The New Central Library, 10 000 m²

Orientation, 490 m²

Service point for circulation, 440 m²

Events, 1740 m²

Meeting, 1050 m²

Learning, 2100 m²

Doing, 2200 m²

Staff, 1360 m²

Maintenance, 620 m²

World of thrills, frills and adventure

• Lobby, lounge, creative office, oasis, silent areas, exhibitions spaces, Suomi-experience, studysauna, studios, auditorium, cinema, wintergarden, meeting rooms, free speaker’s corner, brainstorm, play room, family space, space for young people, restaurants, cafés, shops, market, gallery…

What do we want?

• Lots of space, c. 10 000 square metres for the customers• Circa 200 000 item collection, part of it already in electronic format• Low, moveable bookshelves• Plenty of different meeting places• Lecture rooms, studios, workshops, urban office• Not one style and design

More new spaces

• Space for families and their needs• Space for young people and their kind for games and meeting one another• Extensive area for newspapers and magazines, newest technological

applications• Silent areas, conference rooms, places for happenings• Café, restaurant

Other fun and jolly things

• Stands for introducing and displaying new materials• New ways of finding and grouping / arranging library material with the

help of new technology such as RFID• Sawing machines, workbenches, musical instruments• Gallery, space also for customers’ own works of art

And the Sauna

• Helsinki citizens already expect the new central libraryto have a sauna for their own and tourists’ delight

Intelligent buildings become intellectualthrough their users.

Anticipated time schedule

• 2017 opening of Central Library• 2014 building begins• 2013 invitation for tenders• 2012 actual planning• 2011 architectural competition• 2010 June: project plan accomplished

Architects NRT

Meeting Point Number 1 in Helsinki for1,5 million people

The public space which is lively, exciting, colourful and involving

Architects NRT

kuvateksti

The park in the library - the library in the park

A covereA covered square

The library in the park – the park in the library

The strength of the library

• Customer is the “doer”• Service is based on the customer’s needs• Creative milieu for everyone• Every “performance” is unique and individual • Personal guidance face to face

www.keskustakirjasto.fi

Central Library 2017