1. Denmark
5.5 mill inhabitants
43,000 km2
450 fixed library service points
14000000 peso or 450 DKK average
spending on libraries per capita

2. The social excluded
Polarisation?
40 % of the labour force
has no vocational education
20 % of youth does not get
education beyond
secondary school
15 – 20 % of population
are illiterate = 1 mio people
Larger gap between
information strong and
information weak citizens?

3. 1400
Fewer libraries..
1200
.
1000
800
600
400
200 More than 50 % decrease of
service points in Denmark since
1980!
0

4. E-book
readers

5. A well known strategy..
No more
Send
money – But the public sector is
more
in a state of permanent
crisis and the struggle
probably less!
for resources is
awesome..
money!

6. Reinvent the library
new ways of professionalism
new products
new alliances
new ways of funding

7. Mash-up library Partner
activities
LOCAL ARCHIVE NATURE GUIDE REFERENCE
ARKIV ANALOGUE MEDIA
LEARNING CENTER
Archive
YOUTH
TODDLERS/CHILDREN
JOB CORNER STUDY SUPPORT
HOME- FAMILIES
EXHIBITIONS
COMMUNITY
WORK HELP QUIET
REA- CENTER AREA
DINGT MEETING
RAI-
NING CAFÉ Q AND A ROOMS
HEALTH SMS BUSINESS
COUNCELLING SERVICE SELF SERVICE
LEISURE INFO CONSUMER INFO LIBRARY SHOP
NEWS LOUNGE

8. The modern library
Cognition/information
Innovation Empower-
ment
D. Skot-Hansen et. al.
Royal School of Library and
Information Science Engagement

9. Space for meaningful and moving
experiences
Irrational, emotional and chaotic
Communicating a diversion of aesthetic
experiences
Space for inspiration Storytelling or other artistic expressions
All kinds of media, cultural forms and
genres
Stage for events and cultural
arrangements
Supports realisation
(cognition)/experience and innovation

10. Space for experience and exploring the world
through media and communication
Free and easy access to information and knowledge
Learning percieved as a dialogue oriented process
Based on the users‟ learning needs
Space for learning Informal settings
Development of playful, interactive and social
learning methods
Homework cafes, study places, open courses and
experiment areas
Support realisation (cognition)/experience and
empowerment

11. Open, public space
The Great Good Place - between home and
work
Arenaes for meeting other people with
different interests and value
Encounter opinions through discussions and
debate
Space for meeting Non-committal, random encounters through
lounge décor with newspapers and café
atmosphere
Organised meetings
Chatgroups, blogs or other social media
Support empowerment and engagement

12. Users creating new expressions in the
encounter with art and culture
Access to tools supporting creative
expressions
Gaming-, writing-, sound- and video-
workshops
Workshops with professional
Space for performance
artists, designers aqnd multimedia
developers
Publishing and distributing the work and
products of the users
Access to stages where users can perform
and express themselves
Support engagement and innovation

14. Analogue media..

15. ..digital media..

16. ..music..

17. ..serendipity..

18. ..events..

19. ..exhibitions..

20. ..play for adults..

21. ..picture books..

22. ..puppet theater..
Bogklubber

23. ..chess club..

24. ..imagination..

25. ..playful togetherness..

26. ..book start
programmes..

27. ..and story
telling!

29. Tuition..

30. ..structured courses..

31. ..informal learning..

32. ..consultation..

33. ..individual help..

34. ..homework help - primary school..

35. ..homework help café - immigrants..

36. ..edutainment..

37. ..word bingo..

38. ..guidance..

39. ..self learning..

40. ..and self service

42. Meetings..

43. ..talks..

44. ..discussions..

45. ..public debate..

46. ..voting..

47. ..politics..

48. .hanging out..

49. ..dating..

50. .. concentrating!

52. Writers workshops..

53. ..navigating..

54. ..rap performance..

55. ..building the future library..

56. ..poetry slam..

57. ..creating toys..

58. ..workshops for lead users..

59. ..creating the future..

60. ..method development..

61. ..play for children..

62. ..hacker labs..

63. ..necessary rest!

64. Elements in a strategy -
summing up..
Abandon the printed book as the primary library branding
element
Fusion between physical – digital
Focus on development
Bring new skills into the library
Promote learning in the organization

65. Palle’s Gift Shop
Presentation
 All Danish public libraries participate Theme
 Universe – basic figures and changing themes – also in the
physical libraries Recommendations
Music Games
Polling Downloads
Library Adds
User comments

74. • Started spring 2000
• Editor based in Aarhus, production distributed
• Cooperation with nationwide public service TV and radio
broadcast

75. Author net Interviews
Video clips User profiles
Latest comments Ask your librarian
Podcasts Blogs News
Biographies
Readers Clubs Event calendar
’Something Similar’ Analyses
Best rated novels ’Book pieces’
Write to the Author Expert panels
Order the book in your library Bibliographies

76. Relational –
programs
communication
Media
Analogue Digital
Library
Transactional –
loans, search
Activities

77. ..homework help - primary school..

78. ..homework help café - immigrants..