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Co-creating Library Innovation – Network of Nordic Public LibrariesLibraries in Network: Creating, Participating, Co-operation

IFLA Satellite Conference 2012Klaipeda, LithuaniaLotte Duwe Nielsen [email protected] Mulvad [email protected] Aarhus Public Libraries

Lotte Duwe Nielsen & Jannik Mulvad Aarhus Public Libraries

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• First of all, we thank the organizers for the invitation. We are so pleased to be here today

• Also thanks to our sponsors Edvard Pedersen Library Fund and Nordic Culture Point

http://www.edvardp.dk/

http://www.edvardp.dk/

http://www.kulturkontaktnord.org/lang-en/


Agenda• Introduction• About Nordic Network (LDN)• Library Boot Camps, what is it? (JMU)• The Goal for Nordic Network (LDN)• Challenges for the future library, input from the Nordic Camps

(JMU)• VoxPop from the Welcome party at Klaipėda County Ieva

Simonaitytė Public Library (JMU)• Village Square/Coffee Break, reflect on the challenges• Questions and Future (LDN)• Slides will be available at

http://www.slideshare.net/NordicPublicLibraries



Jannik MulvadLibrary Innovator, Aarhus Public Libraries

• 18 years experiences in public libraries, 7 as ”real” librarian ;-)

• Working with digital content in the physical library

• Consultant on Urban Mediaspace Aarhus

• Project manager of TransformationLab 2

• Participates in nextlibrary.net, Network of Nordic Public Libraries

• Works with creative processes in idea development


Lotte Duwe NielsenLibrary Transformer, Aarhus Public Libraries

• > 30 years experiences in public libraries

• 13 years full time on innovation, fundraising, international contacts, networks and portfolio management of innovation projects

• Consultant on Urban Mediaspace Aarhus

• Project manager of Next Library and Network of Nordic Public Libraries

http://nextlibrary.net/




http://nordiccamps.ning.com/



Yes we made a mistake

Denmark5.5 mill inhabitants43,000 km2499 fixed library service points

Aarhus310.000 inhabitants647 km219 libraries


The Main Library – Aarhus innovation for the new library

The new library is our perspective on all innovation projects , partnerships and inspiring, international contacts


2015

2014

Urban Mediaspace Aarhus

Mediaspace 16.500 m2

Rental areas10.000 m2

Parking 1.000 cars

Revealing of the stream

Urban harbourspace

Trafic regulation

Ligth Rail tracé

Climate securing of the center of the city

www.urbanmediaspace.dk

Largest construction project in the history of Aarhus

http://www.urbanmediaspace.dk/

Budget Euro - 2011

260.540.000

Financing Euro- 2011

Realdania og Realdania Byg 96.890.000

Sale of the current library building, rental

54.150.000

The Municipality of Aarhus 109.500.000

Total 260.540.000(899.596.728 LTL)


About Network of Nordic Public Libraries

• 3 year project: 2010-2012• Funded by: North Culture

Point


Network of Nordic Public LibrariesPartners - 7 libraries:

• Iceland: Reykjavik, Akureyri, Kópavogur• Norway: Oslo• Sweden: Stockholm• Finland: Helsinki• Denmark: Aarhus

Why? Purpose

To strengthen a shared Nordic understanding, culture and tone about innovative libraries

To co-create innovative ideas for common Nordic concepts for public libraries



1st perspective: STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE ON LIBRARY INNOVATION

• The network was initiated by the strategic management forums of the network partners in 2009. To “hand over” the network to the next generation of library innovators

• 2012: The Strategic Group of managers of Akureyri, Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm and Aarhus is drafting the strategic challenges of the future for public libraries in the Nordic Countries


• The draft is now discussed by participants and will be the basis for the innovation camp September 2012

• Outcome: A strategic manifest for public libraries of the future


2nd perspective:

BUILDING IDEAS, COMPETENCES AND NETWORK

• Ideas and competences (knowledge, skills and attitudes) is developed by involving library staff from the 5 project partners

• Personal relations that take-off in creative and personal meetings provide the foundation for further collaboration about strategies, tendencies and future Nordic projects and network

3rd perspective: DISSEMINATION

– IMPACT ON POLICY AND LIBRARY INNOVATION

• Dissemination to local, regional and

national level in the 5 countries - and to the international level in conferences papers and social media

• Methods, ideas, strategies and discussions about library innovation are published online.

• Everybody are invited to participate in discussions on the website: http://nordiccamps.ning.com




Impact: No take-away products, but ideas, methods and network

As for us at Reykjavik City Library the camp and everything that happened in Reykjavik….maybe especially the methodology

used has been very useful for us.Since last autumn we have been using the "Next Library" way in our work when thinking about the future, Next Reykjavik City Library, for the next three years.In September we shall use a shorter version of the "Next Library" methodology during a workday where all the cultural institutions run by the city will participate.


The network stages 3 Camps

• 3 creative learning camps invole (at least) 50 library staff per camp across the project partners:

• 2010: Reykjavik, Iceland• 2011: Stockholm, Sweden• 2012: Oslo, Norway

Icecamp 2010• 73 participants• 6 groups:

– 1: Flexibility – 2: The prosumer – 3: Fabriries – 4: Where is the library – 5: Reclaiming the future – 6: Bridging the physical and

the virtual• 12 facilitators and Jannik

Mulvad/Aarhus as camp leader



Camp Stockholm 2011

9 groups:1: The North Stream (videoconferences for citizens across the Nordic libraries)2: The Luxurious Library3: BRILL NET – the Brilliant Nordic Network (sharing competences across the Nordic libraries)4: Scchy – the Quiet Library5: The Nordic Portal of Fear (empower staff for transformation)6 The library as a learning arena for Active Citizenship - 7: The Nordic Model of Extreme Humanism8: The Nordic Library Campaign9: An Open Place in an Open Space


Camp Oslo 2012

• ? Participants• ? Strategic challenges• Result: strategic manifest incl.

recommendations for Nordic Public Libraries of the future

• You are all invited for the final presentation at the camp 25 September 2012 in Hotel Leankollen, Oslo

http://nordiccamps.ning.com/events


How ?(library boot camps – what is it?)

How we doo it!

• Lots of preparation• 36 hours isolation, Boot Camp• The right settings and atmosphere• Rapid loops• Fun and mistakes• Facilitators – new and experienced learning by

working side-by-side



Hi, my name is…

• If I could stay at any

age, I'd like to be...• If I had the day off

tomorrow, I would...• The most fun thing I

did this year was... • I've always wanted to

(but never had the courage to) ....


One Method


4 Principles

• No-Judgement- creates confidence

• Task Focused- creates motivation

• Parallel thinking - creates concentration

• Horizontal Thinking

- creates the right use the knowledge


No-Judgement

• Its OK to make mistakes

• we celebrate mistakes

• We are supposed to make mistakes


Yes we made a mistake


Task Focused

• We focus on the problem, NOT the person

• Only the facilitators know the time and the plan


Parallel thinking

• We all work with the same question

• We have the same time to and the same tools


Horizontal Thinking

• we use all available knowledge

• we seek diversity• we are trying to

expand our conception of solutions


The Brain as a library


A walk in the woods…


Input from Klaipeda

• We would like to know about the challenges you are facing

• Input from Welcome party(Klaipėda County Ieva Simonaitytė Public Library),and in the City

• Village Square


from your point of view, what is the most important strategic challenge for the public libraries of the future?


Voxpop 1

Ruth Ørnholt

• Innovative• Find new services• Reflect the society they are

part of


Silent reflection

Write your thoughts on a post-it


Voxpop 2

Anette Mjöberg• Different education and

other competences in the library

• Network• New partners


Silent reflection



Voxpop 3

Renaldas Gudauskas

Leadership that creates room for:• Non linear innovation• Inventing the unexpected


Silent reflection



Voxpop 4

Jan Richards• Rethink the traditional

concept of what makes a good staff member

• Think creatively about how we bring people together in our workforce


Silent reflection



Voxpop 5

David Jonsson• The library as a place where

you exchange experiences

• The staff, books and technology is all support functions for that


Silent reflection



Voxpop 6

Ramuné Petuchovaité • Accept that standard and pure

public library practice is disappearing

• Different shapes and kinds of libraries merges

• New concept of a more liquid library


Silent reflection



Voxpop 7

Tiina Heinänen• Find ressources for reading

promotion

• How do we transform projects to an integrated part of daily operation


Silent reflection



Voxpop 8

Breda Karun• The traditional library as an

open and inclusive community place in a world of transformation


from your point of view, what is the most important strategic challenge for the public libraries of the future?


Silent reflection



• Show the world what you find as a challenge• http://nordiccamps.ning.com/


Find the challenge from the interview that you find most important and merge it with your own challenge


Results of your work will be posted on the website for this conference

http://vimeo.com/12940579

http://vimeo.com/12940579


Tool Box

• Coming soon: Best practice on how to organize innovation library camps

• Creative Platform• www.nordiccamps.ning.com• White paper for the future. What are the 10

top challenges for the libraries

http://www.nordiccamps.ning.com/


Info about Network of Nordic Public Libraries

• http://nordiccamps.ning.com/Introductory presentations, discussions, photos, descriptions of ideas, videos, voxpops – and the song

• Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/user4012515/videos

• Presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/NordicPublicLibraries


http://vimeo.com/user4012515/videos




Next Library 2013 16 - 19 June – Aarhus - Denmark

Let’s co-create Next Library 2013:www.nextlibrary.net orwww.facebook.com/nextlibrary

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