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Library 10
Kari Lämsä Helsinki City Library
Library 10 in a nutshell
•Opened April 1, 2005•Open 78 h/wk•Customers 10 000/wk•Collection 50 000•Recorded works 40 000•Workstations 40•Floor space 800 m²
A Combination of Music and Information Technology
Cable Book Library• A testing ground for new
library services • Located in downtown
Helsinki• Specialized in IT for
libraries
Pasila Music Station• Formerly the music
department of the Main Library • Located at the Pasila railway
station• Helsinki Metropolitan’s most
extensive music collection
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
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
The Library’s rented premises
• The rental decision made in January 2004
• Rental agreement defined the size of the space
• Entire floor area 970 m²• Previously the sorting
station for packages• Only the outer walls and
ceiling were in place• Renovation began in
February of 2004
• Collections• IT / AV• Customer furnishing • Service points• Logistics
Groups formed by the staff
Organizing the planning
Collections: amount of shelves
•Books 72,5m•CDs 167.5m•Sheet music 90m•Periodicals 75 pcs •Videos 6m•DVDs 1,20m•In concert with furniture company
Materials: placement based on theme
Different formats on the same shelves
IT / AV: quantity and space
• Express workstations 12• Standard workstations 16• Multimedia-workstations 6• Workstation for the disabled
customers• Staff workstations 20• Automatic Book Return and
Self check-out points 3• Audio editing room 12 m²• Video editing room 12 m²• Recording room 12 m²• Group work room 20 m²• Stage 25 m²
• Different workstation types• Outlets for electric and broadband
connections• Supports for laptop usage• Loanable equipment• Variable sources for listening to music• Studio placement and sound insulation• Stage placement and functionality• Acoustical, speaker, and lighting systems• In concert with engineers and IT/AV
partners
IT / AV: equipment
• Workstation tables: 34 • Database search tables: 6 • Chairs: 75 • Sofas: 4 • Tables: 35 • Mobile laptop tables: 12
Customer furniture : quantity
• Relation to other functions • Customer queries and feedback
- peacefulness- intimacy- accessibility
• Furnishing dimensions• Ergonomics• Lighting• Moveable
Customer furniture: placement and design
Service points: operations
1. Service area - handling of materials - reservations - printouts - fee payments- general guidance
2. Information service- guidance with music and material searches - library cards- guidance side by side
3. IT-guidance- programs and equipment- loanable devices
Service points: placements• Along the main avenues • Visual contact with each other• Positioned for side by side guidance• Easily approachable for customers• Convenient for staff to exit
Logistics
• Automatic sorting machine
• Material unloading and packaging
• Reservation shelves• Material returns point• Check-out point
• 1 year to complete construction• Planning, building, and furniture
procurements were handled simultaneously
• Different architect offices for construction and furnishings
• Many new technical solutions • Future modifications had to be
considered
Building Library 10
Arrangement of furniture
Visiting/meeting:• pleasant• clear• peaceful• self-service
Working/studying• peaceful• equipped• adaptable• guidance• self-service/service
Operations/transaction:• quick• visible• logical• guided• self-service/service
Töölö bay Music campus
Forthcoming Music Hall ->
Library 10 ->
Finlandia Hall ->
Sibelius Academy ->
Opera ->
Music institute->
Opening Hours
Mon-Thu 10-22Fri 10-18
Sat-Sun 12-18
Weekdays the lobby opens at 8
Visitors
• Visitors per week app. 11 000• Ages 15-30 60 %• Percentage of borrowers that are male 60 %• Percentage of customers that check-out materials 50 %
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 35All together 28Males 19
Staff’s skills
• No departments, everyone capable of
• basic duties• Everyone need not be • an expert at everything• Special capabilities
exploited for customer service
• Staff trains one another • in small groups• 70 % Schooled in • library studies• work = hobby
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
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
Lobby and service point
• Opens weekdays at 8• Newspapers• Express workstations 12• Automatic Book Return• Pick-up of reservations• Payment of fees
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
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
Stage
• Concerts, performances and similar events
• Exhibitions• Multimedia displays• Mobile furnishings• Acoustic interior• PA-equipment• Lighting system• In collaboration with
musical institutes
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
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
Listening to music
• Hi-fi listening points• Playback room• LP player• Headphones for
computers• Wireless headphones• portable CD-players • Live music
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
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
• 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
Recording, rehearsing and playback
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
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
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
Music library in a changing environment
Will physical distribution suffice in the future?• Copyrights and distribution of music via the internet:
challenges and risks? • Digitization projects
Traditional duties require: • Information service• Cataloguing • Organizing the collections
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 -> threshold to participate as low
as possible
Library 10 is
• the library service point in the city center• a palce for consuming, creating and displaying culture• a public city facility