Library 10 in a nutshell

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Library 10 in a nutshell

• Opened April 1, 2005
• Open 78 h/wk
• Customers 15 000/wk
• Collection 50 000
• Recorded works 40 000
• Workstations 40
• Floor space 800 m²
• A Combination of Music and Information Technology

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Cable Book Library
Pasila Music Station

• A testing ground for new library services
• Located in downtown Helsinki
• Specialized in IT for libraries

• Formerly the music department of the Main Library
  
• Located at the Pasila railway station
• Helsinki Metropolitans most extensive music
  collection

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The evolving needs of customers

• Pick-up point for items reserved via the internet
• Participating in the production of information
  and cultural works, especially music
• Increase use of laptops
• Space for study, work, and meeting
• Increase of expertise assistance
• Changing role for the staff

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New premises at the Main Post Office

• Landmark in downtown Helsinki
• A merging of public and private services
• At a main junction of public transport
• Numerous entrances
• On-site premises are connected
• Good logistics at standby

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Töölö bay Music campus
Opera -gt
Music institute-gt
Sibelius Academy -gt
Finlandia Hall -gt
Forthcoming Music Hall -gt
Library 10 -gt
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Materials placement based on theme
Different formats on the same shelves
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Opening Hours
Mon-Thu 10-22 Fri 10-18 Sat-Sun
12-18 Weekdays the lobby opens at 8
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Customers

• Visitors per day app. 2 000
• Ages 15-30 60
• Percentage of borrowers that are male 60
• Percentage of customers that check-out materials
  50

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Staff

• Library manager
• Staff manager
• IT planner
• Music librarians 3
• IT specialist 3
• Library assistants 11
• apprenticeship students 2
• Non-military service 2
• Students as covers and trainees

Average age under 35 All together 28 Males 19
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Public space

• Customer area 800 m²
• Reading and working points 40
• Computer terminals 35
• Laptop ports 28
• Practice- recording- and editing studios
• Group work room
• Stage

• Space divided according to themes

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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
• Film and cinema
• Comic books
• Travel guides
• General periodicals and newspapers

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Lobby and service point

• Opens weekdays at 8
• Newspapers
• Express workstations 12
• Automatic Book Return
• Pick-up of reservations
• Payment of fees

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Pop / Rock 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

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Classical music area

• Classical music
• DVDs and videos
• Classical music books
• Classical music periodicals
• Listening sites
• Exhibitions

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World area

• World music
• Folk music
• Travel guides
• World music periodicals
• Travel magazines
• Travel DVDs

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Stage

• Concerts, performances and similar events
• Exhibitions
• Multimedia displays
• Mobile furnishings
• Acoustic interior
• PA-equipment
• Lighting system
• In collaboration with musical institutes

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Multimedia area

• Operating systems in different languages
• Scanners
• Image processing
• Publishing
• CD and DVD burner
• Memory card drive
• USB and Firewire port
• Workstation for the disabled customers
• IT-information service

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Do it yourself

•  Loanable peripheral devices
• DVD, CD-RW, Floppy, and ZIP drives
• net, USB, etc. connecting wires
• memory card readers
• Bluetooth sticks
• headphones
• portable CD-players
• DVD viewers
• Tables for laptop use

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Listening to music

• Hi-fi listening points
• Playback room
• LP player
• Headphones for computers
• Wireless headphones
• portable CD-players
• Live music

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Group Work room

• Seats 18 people
• 3M Digital Wall Display
• - Projector
• Speakers
• Interactive display
• Video conferencing
• Internet and electrical ports for laptops
• For associations and organizations
• Not for commercial use

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Studios rehearsing, recording, audio, video

• Advance booking
• Booking times- video editing maximum 40 hrs in
  2, 4 or 6 hour blocks - audio editing ½ to 4
  hrs- recording, rehearsing, music playback ½ to
  2 hrs
• Studios are interconnected via video link
• Rooms are soundproof
• Courses are given once per month
• Students of that field work as instructors and
  offer support

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Recording, rehearsing and playback

• Electric piano
• Stereos
• Microphones
• Guitar/bass amplifier
• Electric guitar and bass
• Acoustic guitars (nylon and steel strings)
• Capo
• Chromatic tuner
• Connections to the editing suites

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Audio editing

• Protools LE (recording software)
• Cubase SX3 (editing software)
• Numerous other software, instruments, plug-ins
• Mixer
• Guitar, Bass and Vocal preamp
• Keyboard
• Drum pad
• DJ record player
• MD recorder
• Cassette player
• DVD RW
• Connections to the recording suite

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Video editing

• Disk space / user 50 GB
• Avid Xpress Studio HD (editing software)
• Softimage (3D animation)
• Macromedia Director
• Protools LE (recording software)
• Capo
• DV recorder
• S-VHS recorder
• DVD RW
• Connections to the recording suite

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Library functions with a library card

• Time reservations
• Workstations
• Studios
• Instruments, microphones, etc.
• Listening to music
• Laptops
• WLAN
• Do it yourself devices

Expanding the library card as a brand
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New way to approach the operation of a music
library

• Cultural information society
• Library not just passively supplying produced
  materials
• Traditional activities of a music library
  alongside new opportunities provided by
  information technology
• The library provides an interactive environment,
  where the customer is both user and producer
• Renewal of culture -gt threshold to participate as
  low as possible

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Library 10 is

• the library service point in the city center
• a palce for consuming, creating and displaying
  culture
• a public city facility

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meetingpoint_at_lasipalatsi
Guidance for electronic services and
communication
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Background

• Governed by the Helsinki City Library
• Partners
• Government Information SocietyProgramme
• The Ministry of Education
• City of Helsinki
• Glass Palace Media Centre

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Open-to-all education and guidance sessions

• Electronic services and Internet services
• Thematic weeks in co-operation with public and
  private sectors
• One stop service point

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Employment Offices Job Centre

• Practical instruction on how to use
  Internet-based job seeking services
• Institute and Company recruiting events

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New communication technologies

• Cable modem and digital TV adapter loans
• Skype Internet phones
• Messenger video chat
• Mobile and Internet services guidance by peer
  group

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Meeting point for small businesses and freelancers

• WLAN and outlets for laptops
• Work points and place for meetings
• Enterprise themed weeks were successful

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Meetingpoint for service producers

• New product trials
• Direct feedback from consumers
• Co-operative development

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Co-operation between departments

• Forum for City's Internet webmasters
• Demonstrations of new virtual services
• One need, many authorities