Kari Lämsä - Manager Library 10 Helsinki City Library Beck Henshall Frankston Library Service www.lib.hel.fi/library10 Library 10 in a nutshell Opened April 1, 2005 Open 78 h/wk Customers 2 000/day Collection 50 000 Recorded works 40 000 Workstations 40 Floor space 1000 m² A Combination of Music and Information Technology
Main Post Office building Landmark in downtown Helsinki A merging of public and private services At a main junction of public transport Numerous entrances Good logistics at standby Public space Customer area 800 m² Service area Music and general info Studios Group work room Stage
Collections Music: CDs 40 000 Books 5500 Music notation 9000 Videos and DVDs 500 Vinyl LPs 1000 Music Periodicals 85 Other collections: IT and media DVDs Comic books Travel guides General periodicals and newspapers Bestsellers Average age under 35 All together 28 Males 19 Staff Library manager Staff manager IT planner IT specialist Media assistant Music librarians Library assistants Apprenticeship students Non-military service Students as covers and trainees
Customers Visitors per month app. 50 000 Ages 15-30 60 % Percentage of customers that are male 60 % Percentage of customers that check-out materials 50 % Opening Hours Mon-Thu 10-22 Fri 10-18 Sat-Sun 12-18 Weekdays the lobby opens at 8
Lobby and service point Opens weekdays at 8 Newspapers Express workstations 12 Automatic return machine Pick-up of reservations Payment of fees Service and info points Along the main avenue Visual contact with each other Easily approachable for customers Convenient for staff to exit Positioned for side by side guidance
Pop area Pop and rock music Pop and rock books and periodicals DVD movies and music Film -books and periodicals Comics and graphic novels Listening sites Exhibitions Classical music area Classical music DVDs and videos Classical music books Classical music periodicals Listening sites Exhibitions
World area World music Folk music Travel guides World music periodicals Travel magazines Travel DVDs Listening to music Hi-fi listening points Playback room LP player Headphones for computers Wireless headphones portable CD-players Live music
Listening Post Stage Concerts, performances and panel discussions Exhibitions Multimedia displays Mobile furnishings Acoustic interior PA-equipment Lighting system Online broadcasting
Library as a publisher Concerts, lectures, panel discussions, writer visits, interviews, story telling, and book talks are recorded Distribution channels: webcasts, podcasts, mp3, radio Sharing through web 2.0
Example: Voice of youth Young adults interview City s decision makers such as council members Group Work room Seats for 18 people 3M Super Close Projector Video conferencing Not for commercial use For associations and organizations: - Comic association - Helsinki cyclist - Ikebana association - Board game group - Traffic policy association - Finland-Eritrea society -etc
Studios: recording, audio, video Customers can come to the library to play, record and edit their own music, spoken word and videos. Customers can save their recordings to their own Media Card for public use. Recording, rehearsing and playback Electric piano Stereos Microphones Guitars and bass Booking times: ½ to 2 hrs Utilizations rate: 90%
Library Radio
Audio editing Recording software Editing software Mixer Keyboard Drum pad DJ record player Booking times: ½ to 4 hrs Utilizations rate: 80% From living room to working room Space and equipment for creating, displaying and publishing media Wlan-connections to various databases Moveable tables and plugs for laptops
Do it yourself Numerous different peripheral devices are available for customers to borrow, which can aid the use of their laptops: DVD, CD-RW, USB, ZIP drives Memory card readers USB and Bluetooth sticks Headphones Portable CD and DVD-players Portable technology for recording Work how you want
Furnish as you need In touch with the times : Eurovision karaoke 2007 Customer can sing favorite Eurovision song on to a CD and take part in an Internet Competition
New tasks of staff Web 2.0 trainer Media assistant Studio engineer Promoter Sound editor, cameraman, lighting technician Radio journalist Roadie Library 10 WOW!