NAPLE General Assembly Perspectives from Denmark Tine Vind

NAPLE General Assembly Perspectives from Denmark Tine Vind, Head of Division for Libraries, Danish Agency for Culture May 14 th 2013, Milan

Danish Agency for Culture – established in 2012 The agency carries out the cultural policies of the Danish government within the visual and performing arts, music, literature, museums, historical and cultural heritage, broadcasting, libraries and all types of printed and electronic media. New structure in 2012 and new divisions in 2013 – Division of Libraries

3 Perspectives from Denmark 1. 2. 3. National bench-mark analysis in 2013 Open Library Concept Framework program for Public Libraries

National bench-mark analysis • 2011 and 2013 made as a survey in co-operation with the public libraries – second week of february 2013 • In 2013: National bench-mark survey from 42 municipalities (total 98), 179 libraries (including branch libraries) • Answers from 27. 200 users (total 5 mio. inhabitants) • Results: A picture of the typical Danish library user: • A woman (66%), 45 years+, no children at home • Highly succesrate in the public libraries and high satisfaction among Danish library users • Libraries in Denmark has reduced budgets compared to 2011 • More use of public library web-sites

Open Library Concept Denmark - 5 mio. inhabitans – 98 Municipalities • Open Libraries – a new concept – use your public library in principle 24/7 • Self-service: loan and return – most libraries combine self-service hours and hours with librarians • Use your health-insurance-card for admittance • In 2013: 176 Open Libraries • Use for reading-groups, choir-rehearsel, study-room etc. • Very popular – supplement to the ordinary library service

Framework program for Public Libraries 2 challenges for public libraries today: 1. constant challenge of digital delivery 2. to manage a far more differentiated clientele with alternating needs and demands How do we turn: • from collection to connection • from book container to community center • from transaction to relation

The mission of the framework program for Public Libraries • NOT to deliver a complete design – and building guide to the optimal public library • to inspire and widen the playing field for the public library’s principal change agents: • municipal politicians, leaders in the technical and cultural departments in municipalities, library leaders and key personnel, and the architects and other advisors that will contribute to the realization of local versions of new libraries or implementing large scale refurbishing of existing libraries • to provide inspiration and guide lines as to how existing libraries can optimize their interior design and square feet use, hereby to make room and space for new functions or strengthen the interactivity between multiple functions.

When and who? • This version of the model program is a pre-launch version with a focus on the “why’s” – the launch of the full bodied model program September 2013 will address the “how to” with a long list of well sorted design ideas. Look at the website: http: //modelprogrammer. kulturstyrelsen. dk/ • The Web-site will be in English in september 2013 • The project partners: • The Danish Agency for Culture and Real. Dania, Realdania is a philantropic Danish association supporting projects in the built environment have initiated the project and the two parties are also financing it. SIGNAL Architects is responsible for designing the model program. • Use our blog and give us feed-back! • Thank’s