Libraries in Urban Development Creativity, Innovation and Experience Dorte Skot-Hansen Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen Hen

1. Libraries in Urban Development Creativity, Innovation and Experience Dorte Skot-Hansen Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen Henrik Jochumsen Next Library Aarhus - June 21-22. 2011

2. Research-project, purpose, point of departure, research-questions and approach (Henrik Jochumsen). • Examples of how the library can contribute to the urban development as aplace, as aspace and through relations to the surrounding community (Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen). • Introduction to a work-shop concerning how the “next” library can contribute to strategies for urban development (Dorte Skot-Hansen).

3. Libraries in Urban DevelopmentResearch-project • The research-project is conducted by The Centre for Cultural Policy Studies at The Royal Danish School of Library and Information Science from 2010-11 • The project is funded by The Realdania Fund. • The result will be published in the autumn 2011 (book, international articles etc).

4. Libraries in Urban DevelopmentPurpose • To examine how the library can contribute to the city´s visibility and attraction as a creative, innovative experience city and at the same time support the citizens needs for open-minded meeting places, meaningful experiences and creative challenges.

5. Libraries in Urban DevelopmentPoint of departure Urban development • Today’s cities are in a situation of growing global competition and they are to a higher and higher degree planned and designed to attract tourists, inhabitants and businesses. • A “cultural turn” is happening in the cities where there is a growing trend of re-branding and refurbishing cities through culture in an attempt to revitalize economies. • As a consequence new strategies for culture-led regeneration are introduced into urban planning.

6. Libraries in Urban DevelopmentPoint of departure Library development • The existence of the physical library have been contested by many Internet-founded offers but at the same time we are witnessing a renaissance for the physical library as we see new head-line grabbing libraries being built all over the world. • Among the code words for libraries today are flexibility in space and arrangements, development from collection towards interactive communication of knowledge and culture and a new role as a living room of the local community. • Today we see a significant focus on the relationship between the public library and the local community which is reflected through partnerships, user-involvement, userdriven innovation, participation in local projects etc.

7. Libraries in Urban Development research-questions • How can the library contribute to cities and urban districts image, attractiveness and identity as part of a strategic urban development? • How can the library as an urban space support citizens in need of public meeting-places and experiences? • How can the library contribute to the development of the city's creativity and innovation through new relationships?

8. Libraries in Urban Development Approach Empirical approach • Studies of best practice and cutting edge libraries in the Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, England, USA and Canada Theoretical approach • Sociology of late-modernity, urban sociology and theories of urban and cultural planning.

9. Libraries in Urban Development Approach Among libraries we have studied are: • Vancouver Public Library • Seattle Public Library • Salt Lake City Public Library • Amstedam Public Library (OBA) • Idea-stores in London • Jubilee Library in Brighton • Library 10 in Helsinki • Dortmund Public Library • The Public Library in Hjørring

10. Libraries in Urban Development Approach

11. Libraries as places in urban developmentIcon and catalyst Icon: Seattle Public Library Catalyst: Idea Stores in London

12. Libraries as places in urban developmentPlacemaker Characteristics of placemakers: - Active part of urban planning trying to attract people - Revitalisation of city centres - Revitalisation of former industrial areas - Developing new parts of the city The Opera in Oslo Snøhetta, 2008

13. Libraries as places in urban developmentPlacemaker Revitalisation of city centers Revitalisation of former industrial areas Oppenbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam 2007 Salt Lake City Main Library 2003

14. Libraries as spaces in urban developmentPublic domain and Experiences Public Domain: The Garage, Malmö, 2008 Experiences: The Cerritos Library, CA, 2002

15. Libraries as spaces in urban developmentSingle-minded and open-mindedurban spaces Single-minded urban spaces Le Corbusiers Radiant city Open-minded urban spaces Harbour in Copenhangen French medieval city

16. Libraries as spaces in urban developmentSingle-minded and open-mindedlibraryspaces Open-minded: Hjørring Library, 2008. Single-minded: Frederiksberg Library. 1935.

17. Relations in urban developmentPartnerships and hybride cultural arenas Partnership: Birmingham Library, UK. Hybride arena: Zentrum für Information und Bildung, Unna, Germany.

18. Relations in urban delvelopmentCreativeentrepreneurs UrbanOffice: Meetingpoint in Helsinki

19. Relations in urban delvelopmentCreativeentrepreneurs Danish logo Swedish logo Concert arranged by Demoteket, Copenhagen.

20. Workshop:Strategies for Libraries in Urban Development

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22. PLACEThe library’ role in the strategic development of the city • How can the “next library” as an icon, a placemaker and a catalyst contribute to the strategic development of the city’s image, attractiveness and regeneration?

23. Three themes: Group A: The library as an icon • How can the library as an icon contribute to the development of the city’s image? Group B: The library as a placemaker • How can the library as a placemaker contribute to the city’s attractiveness? Group C: The library as a catalyst • How can the library as a catalyst contribute to the city’s (or a districts) social and economic regeneration?

24. Process: • Start: The group chooses a chairman • 5 min.: Each member of the group reflects individually on the questions posed and writes key-words on post-its (as many as you like). • Stick the post-its on the poster • 25 min.: The group discusses the keywords and how they reflect the question • 15 min.: The group chose three main keywords it sees as relevant in a formulation a strategic plan for the question – and write them in big letters on the poster • 3 min.: The chairman shortly presents the keywords in plenum