From book storage to public space SAGA Public Spaces In Transformation March 17 -18, 2014 St. Petersburg
Mr. Kari L채ms채 Department Head of Library 10 & Meetingpoint Helsinki City Library
Helsinki City Library
•600 000 inhabitants •36 libraries •16 loans / inhabitant •11,3 visits / inhabitant March 24, 2014
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Library 10 in Post Office building
•Opened April 1, 2005 •Open every day: 80 h/wk •Customers 2 000/day •Public space 800 m² •Developing new library services and working methods
Meetingpoint in the Lasipalatsi Film and Media Centre
Laboratory for pilot projects, thinking & testing services for the Central Library
• Urban Office working facilities • Urban Workshop equipments • Laptop services for seniors
Customers
• Ages 15-30 60 % • Percentage of customers that are male 50 % • Percentage of customers that check-out materials 25 %
Customer as media creator
Customer as cultural publisher
Customers can come to the library to play, record and edit their own music, spoken word and videos.
Customer as digitizer
Digitize LP records and c-casettes as mp3’s and VHS videos to DVD’s
Customer as peer teacher
In the laptop club seniors learn together- helping each other
Customer as event organizer and performer
• Customers participate in organizing exhibitions, events, and concerts • 80 % of all events organize by customers
New needs of the library space
Library 10 before
Library 10 now
- Materials that seldom ( one year) circulated were removed - New lower shelves were installed
Visible entrance
Opening hours: Mon-Thu 8-22 Fri 8-20 Sat-Sun 12-18
Must there be a reason for uncomfortable chairs in libraries?
Comfortable furnishings
Flexible furnishing
Work how you want, furnish as you need
Library as a media studio
Library as a venue
Library as an Office
Urban Office for urban wanderers
Small business owners, freelancers, associations, participants of meetings, and employees of various businesses who are running errands in the centre between meetings.
Mobile soundproof chairs
Mobile soundproof walls
American Library Association’s Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects 2012
Library as a Makerspace
24.03.14 kaupunginkirjasto 24 3D printers and 3D scanner,Helsingin vinyl cutter, milling cutter, graphics station
Library as a Forum
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Free of charge, reservable space Workshops, lectures, meetings Start ups and small scale entrepreneurs Organisations, societies and groups Equipment for presentations & possibility for flexible arrangement of the space
Library as a chill-out place
From collection to selection
Digital newspapers and current paperbacks
Paperback books - Throw-away mentality
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Fiction and non-fiction In Finnish and English Load period 28 days Non-renewable, non-requestable 24.03.14
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Short shelf life expectancy Read until they fall apart Not kept in alphabetical order
How change the way we work? Average age under 35 All together 28 Males 19
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Department head 2 Service managers IT specialist Media assistant Music librarians
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Events organizer Library assistants Apprenticeship students Non-military service Students as covers and trainees
Visible staff
From sitting and waiting to walking and talking
During rush hours librarians walk around doing �nothing� other than be available
Side by side guiding
Making a Library Card
Librarian as a Personal Trainer •Librarian and the customer together create a personal listening plan in person or by email •The listening plan is tailored to meet the needs and interests of the customer •Discussing and enjoying the selected material in the library listening room
Old service in a new package
Librarian as a event organizer
Librarian as a studio guide Librarian as a laptop doctor
Librarian as a 3D tinker
The librarian as facilitator The library provides its customers with space, equipment, and knowhow as needed.
The customers describe what types of events, materials, and guidance they need.
The library and its customers develop activities and events together.
From reading room to working room
With moveable chairs and tables customers can furnish the library as a personal working room.
From book storage to public space
‘Helsinki of my Dreams’ prize by Radio Helsinki and Finland’s largest national newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat Quality Innovation of the Year Award in the public sector by the Excellence Finland organisation
(individual) lending, reading, collecting
(community) working, doing, enterprising
Transfer of the ownership
Next step: The Central Library 2018
March 24, 2014
40 Š 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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10 000 m², 8000 visitors a day
March 24, 2014
41 Š 2011 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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