Visibility of public library objectives in national legislation and policies
Jens Thorhauge‘The new public library’ is enabling.
Developing the public library into an institution enabling citizens to take active part in the knowledge society - in a way that the society is depending on, is a key challenge. Wellknown working fields for the libraries’ enabling efforts are social inclusion, literacy, lifelong learning.
A successful achievement of the concept includes
- to keep step with competing organisations in service delivery
Remote access, e-books, music-files, download of films etc
Hotline-services
- to develop new services
By exceeding the access-concept of the library into an ‘enabling’-concept
Moving from transactional services into relational and interactive services
- to renew the classical dissemination scheme and library concept
By redefining the traditional library space as a medium for citizens activities
‘From book container to community centre’
- to establish committing partnerships
In learning, educational, leisure and cultural contexts
To create services clearly defined by user needs
- convincing (flat-rate) business-models for access to copyrighted material
- competence-building programmes for library staff
- new services and funding development programmes