The concept of new libraries has been conquering many Polish towns and cities for some time - the idea of a place that is more than a lending library. The new small cultural centers are meant to create new spaces, following the idea of a "third place." This idea can be complemented by the interior, as exemplified by the library in Kraśnik.
"If someone has the energy to act and the desire to share it with other locals then a modern library will provide the space to do so. Why will it do so? Because it has such a space and it is adaptable, easy and quick to transform. I call it a 15-minute space, referring to a 15-minute city. This is the kind of space that characterizes a contemporary library, especially one inspired by the idea of the third place, and processes and activities can be initiated by both librarians and library users."
A small town library has won a prestigious international design award after undergoing a major transformation.
Originally inspired while drinking coffee in a Wrocław café by the sociological ‘third place’ concept – the social surroundings that are separate from the two usual social environments of home and the workplace - Kłoda divided the space into three main zones intended to match the visitors’ personalities.
Från Digiteket 18 januari 2024: "Digiteket är en plattform för digital fortbildning och inspiration vars främsta syfte är att öka kompetensen hos bibliotekspersonal gällande digital kompetens, medie- och informationskunnighet (MIK) och läs- och litteraturfrämjande."
The genesis of the problems faced by the library, which is named after the legendary freedom fighter and scholar Lala Hardayal ( 1884- 1939) – which has a unique collection of more than 170000 books in Hindi, English, Urdu, Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit. ..one of the few Libraries in the world with a collection of at least 8000 rare books ((https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?2771)) – has its roots in the bickering among people who are supposed to manage the institution. What one learns that the intransigence shown by someone owning allegiance to Hindutva Supremacist viewpoint has precipitated this unforeseen situation (https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/should-i-have-made-your-wife-cm-instead-of-rabri-lalu-yadavs-jab-at-nityanand-rai/cid/1980987)
May be as you read these lines, wiser sense might have prevailed there and the library might be slowly limping back to normalcy.
Nasjonalbiblioteket kjem under lupa i ei ny bok av mediehistorikar og professor Henrik G. Bastiansen ved Høgskulen i Volda.
"- I nästan 20 år har Nasjonalbiblioteket i Norge arbetat mot målet att digitalisera allt som har publicerats i Norge. Frågan är vad detta innebär - vad de gör när de digitaliserar sina källor."
Bastiansen saknar en offentlig debatt om hur Nasjonalbiblioteket uppfyller detta uppdrag och betydelsen av deras arbete, bortom deras älskade image som "bäst i klassen".
- De är naturligtvis mycket begåvade, i den absoluta internationella toppen. Men det har länge saknats ett externt perspektiv på deras arbete. Som institution är de särskilt angelägna om att bygga upp ett positivt rykte om hur bra de är och hur demokratiskt viktig digitaliseringen är - och det är rätt, men det är också det enda vi hör om deras arbete. För att sammanfatta: De manipulerar vårt kulturarv på ett teknologiskt sätt utan att någon ifrågasätter det", säger forskaren.
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