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”Open Libraries”The library as a movement - tendencies,

drivers and strategies in a changingenvironment

Marie Oestergaard/Library Director/Aarhus Public Libraries/ Denmark

Agenda

Open Libraries

Partnerships and Programming

User Involvement and Design Thinking

The Library as Democratic Space

Transformation of Libraries Driven by

• New narratives about library’s role in society

• A culture of innovation that promotes new networks/relationships/forms of participation

• Committed transformative leadership

Marie Oestergaard/Aarhus Public Libraries/ Denmark

The Public Library in Urban Development

© Hvenegaard, Jochumsen & Skot-Hansen


Democratic Infrastructure

Network of public community spaces

Libraries as community centres and knowledge hubs throughout the municipality

Aarhus has the largest free WiFinetwork in Denmark, the entire municipality in all its buildings

Marie Ostergard/Dokk1/Aarhus/ Denmark

Marie Oestergaard/Dokk1/Aarhus/ Denmark

From information that can be found anywhere

To What can only be experienced at the library

Space for media Space as a media

On-line On site

Information Meaning

Facts Credibility

Meeting information Meeting people

Knowing Experimenting

Visitors Resource person

Neutral Emotional

Seriousness Sense of humour

Arranged events Things that happen

Ivar Moltke, CreateMarie Oestergaard/Dokk1/Aarhus/ Denmark

LOCAL ARCHIVE

PLAY

MEETING

MEDIA

COUNSELLING

CITIZENS’

SERVICES

LEARNING

PROGRAMMES

MAKERSPACES

SELF SERVICE

TUTORSCOMMUNITY CENTRE

FAMILIESCAFÉ

DEMOCRACYJOB CORNER

START-UPS

GA

MIN

GEXHIBITIONS

CONSUMER INFO

SCIENCE & TECHC

ULT

UR

AL P

RO

GR

AM

S

WIFI

SILENCE &

NOISE

NEWS

Partnerships

READING

The Mash-up Library


Open Libraries


Open Libraries

Size unstaffed access

Small 5 days+ all days 7am-10pm

Library card

Combined 5 days+ all days 7am-10pm

Library card

Medium 3 days+ all days 7am-10pm

Library card

Large 7-10 am + 6-10 pm Library card

Dokk1 (main) 8-10 am + 7-10 pm Door just open

Open Libraries

Open Libraries

Better access

Stronger community space

Higher usage

New opportunities

Quality?


Partnerships and Programmes

The Citizen

Partners

The Library has the ownership

Completely User driven



1. Services

2. Competences

3. PR and Relation Building

4. Political/Strategical Goals

5. Financial

Reasons for Partnerships


Partnership Strategy and arenas

3 levels of partnerships:

strategic, programme-based, network-based

Partnerships should be formed as close to the operationalagents as possible – personal relationships matter

Learning, The Great Stories, Democracity, YourSpace, Aarhus Cohorte, Families and Children (learning, stories, play), Neighbours


Ex.: Dokk1: 140 programmes each month- 50 % by or with partners- 50 % by us alone

App. 130 registered partnerships

Current Projects and (inter)national Co-operation

DataDemocracy

Authors in Aarhus

LiteratureXchange

Albus

Mini Makerfaire

Next Library

Design Thinking/Gates Foundation

Non-Readers

Homestart

Spotlight

People’s Behaviour

The Robot as reading partner

Placed

Nordic/Baltic – Human centereddesign

TinkeringLab

Libry Scout

Elderly Loneliness

Wayfinding App

Film and Media for tweens

Design Thinking in Guangzhou

The Sustainable Library

BookBattle

FilmX

Audio learning – early literacy

Podcasts in the library

Literature in digital transformation

User Involvement and Design Thinking


Strategy for Co-Citizenship

The Citizen

Partners

The Library has the ownership

Completely User driven


Design Thinking

- a mind set - an intentional process for delivering solutions- a co-creation tool


1998/Vision

2011/Building Dokk1

2013/D.T. Toolkit

2015/DOKK1 Opening

2017/Co-creation as practice? Innovation and creativity?

2004/Transformation Lab

Prototyping


Development


DT as service

The Library as Space

Space as community driver, culture and connector

”The public library must be a democratic, independant space for public meeting and debate” (Norway)


Democracy’s Makerspace

Citizenship and participation

More than 50 % of users feel more part of community using the library

Libraries focus on different literacies: media-, information-,early-,health-,digital-, etc.


Traditionel citizensinvolvement:

Duty-driven and dull”Mandatory consideration..”

Hearings and formal democracy

Now:

-Citizens’ co-operation

-User driven innovation

-Co-production

-Co-creation

Sherry Arnstein, 1969


Ladder of Participation

Audience

Participants

Co-creators

Initiator

Curiosity Voluntary work Commitment



Inclusive technology

Digital editor

Programme editor

Let people use the space as they like

Play maker

Game maker

Proto-typer

Design thinker

MakerPartnership developer

Space maker

Democracy stimulator

User involvement designer

Researcher, host, facilitator...

Library Transformer

Staff Competences


Media Interaction

Meetings

Reading Circles

Debates


Contemplation

Design thinking Homework

Start-up


Performance and making



User-driven activities

Play



The library is a space where we create meaning together

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