Libraries in the Netherlands Ton van Vlimmeren Public Library of Utrecht

Libraries in the Netherlands

Ton van VlimmerenPublic Library of Utrecht

The Netherlands in Europe

Utrecht in the Netherlands

- Center of the country

- 4th city

- 320.000 habitants

- Roman fortress

- Education and culture

- EU economic top region

Utrecht

Central Library

New Central Library

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Former Central Postoffice

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Monumental reading room

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Canal side; auditorium and cafe

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Libraries and change

Workshop

Ton van VlimmerenPublic Library of Utrecht

Sam Johnson

“ Change happens in a crisis….

… and sometimes you have to create them”

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Necessary.

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Urgency.

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Pain.

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Speed.

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Visions and missons: What we want to be

Freedom, Prosperity and the Development of society and individuals are fundamental human values. They will only be attained through the ability of well-informed citizens to exercise their democratic rights and to play an active role in society. Constructive participation and the development of democracy depend on satisfactory education as well as on free and unlimited access to knowledge, thought, culture and information.

The public library, the local gateway to knowledge, provides a basic condition for lifelong learning, independent decision-making and cultural development of the individual and social goups.

Unesco Public Library Manifesto

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Put your money where your mouth isDiscuss 5 minutes: Where is your budget?

Books- selecting, cataloguing, housing, circulating books?- Staff dedicated to these processes?- IT cost dedicated to these processes?- Cost of housing for these processes? Total =..%

Other- Educational programs?- Cultural programs?- Maker spaces?- Other? Total =..%

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If libraries did not exist…..

- Discuss 5 minutes per table- Either pro or contra- Assign a spokesperson

- We will have a mini debate!!!

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Be Warren BuffetDiscuss if you were Warren Buffet and would buy the libraries as a

system in your country:- Why would he/you?- What would he/you do?- Report 3 change measures

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Thank You Kia ora koutou

Applause for yourself Pakipaki

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