11,15 11,30 h. jens thorhauge
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Digital services in
Public Libraries
Jens ThorhaugeDanish Agency for
Libraries and Media
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Do we agree on the vision?
• To establish a coherent digital library covering all fields of media and library services from baby- to researcher level
• Corresponding with the library space
• Aiming at all citizens with segmented services and building on partnerships of all kind
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How do we get there?
• Establish a convincing strategy
• Demonstrating capability by good working examples on new services
• Lobbying and marketing for a new political understanding of a library concept meeting the needs in the knowledge- and innovation society
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Digital means ’change’ and ’divide’
• The gap between analogue and digital media is growing
• The ’traditional’ library still works well but we loose more and more users if we do not move faster building digital libraries
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The digital medialandscape is part of a bigger agenda
• The knowledge and innovation society
• The changed economic balance between Europe and the new economies
• The fragmentation of social life and growing tension
• Needs for better skills
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A European agenda
• Knowledge societies imply globalisation and a new competition pattern – jobs are moving east
• The answer to the challenge is ’innovation’ based • on more research, better education, lifelong
learning, a strong identity and cohesion in society.
• We are in badly need of all these elements facing illiteracy, social tension in a more and more multicultural society+
• the fragmentation and cultural changes in the ’late modern society’ are roaring for counter strategies
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E-book service is also part of a bigger agenda
• An e-book platform is not enough• Developping a new library concept
– Public service concept: services for all citizens, segmentation
– Competting with other information services: the library niche
• Creating new organizational frames– No library is an island: (inter)national
development– Partnerships– Break up of traditional library collection
oriented organisation
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A new library concept
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Analogue and digital services should be integrated
• The library space is for public libraries still the hub
• The activities in the four spaces of the new library concept are virtual & real
• The programmes support the agenda of society, from innovation to democratic inclusion and participation
• Partnerships basic for organisation
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Some Danish steps so far – integrating virtual and real services
• Paul’s Giftshop• Home work online• Literatureweb• Ageforce• Danish Digital Library
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The website forms a universe of its own
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The web for literature is a new intermediary
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Homework-online hits boys that are not visiting the library
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Empowerment of 50+
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Next
• Danish Digital Library – state and municipalities unite
• Integrated acces/federal search to all relevant material
• Open source and SOA• National solutions on infrastructure, licensing and
webservices• Local priorities and presentations, local profile in
library space and programme• Basic collection of web-media for all libraries
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The library space remains - but virtual services are part of it as water taps in a household