Library 10: Helsinki's dynamic music and IT centre

Kari Lämsä Helsinki City Library Library 10 Kari.lamsa@hel.fi www.lib.hel.fi/library10

Library 10 in a nutshell

Opened April 1, 2005

Open 78 h/wk

Customers 2 000/day

Collection 50 000

Recorded works 40 000

Workstations 40

Floor space 1000 m²

A Combination of Music and Information Technology

Main Post Office building

Landmark in downtown Helsinki

A merging of public and private services

At a main junction of public transport

Numerous entrances

Good logistics at standby

Töölö bay Music campus Forthcoming Music Hall -> Library 10 -> Finlandia Hall -> Sibelius Academy -> Opera -> Music institute->

Public space

Service area

Music and general info

Studios

Group work room

Stage

Customer area 800 m²

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

DVDs

Comic books

Travel guides

General periodicals and newspapers

Bestsellers

Staff

Library manager

Staff manager

IT planner

IT specialist

Media assistant

Music librarians

Average age under 35 All together 28 Males 19

Library assistants

Apprenticeship students

Non-military service

Students as covers and trainees

Customers

Visitors per month app. 50 000

Ages 15-30 60 %

Percentage of customers that are male 60 %

Percentage of customers that check-out materials 50 %

Opening Hours Mon-Thu 10-22 Fri 10-18 Sat-Sun 12-18 Weekdays the lobby opens at 8

Lobby and service point

Opens weekdays at 8

Newspapers

Express workstations 12

Automatic return machine

Pick-up of reservations

Payment of fees

Service and info points

Along the main avenue

Visual contact with each other

Easily approachable for customers

Convenient for staff to exit

Positioned for side by side guidance

Pop 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

Listening to music

Hi-fi listening points

Playback room

LP player

Headphones for computers

Wireless headphones

portable CD-players

Live music

Stage

Concerts, performances and panel discussions

Exhibitions

Multimedia displays

Mobile furnishings

Acoustic interior

PA-equipment

Lighting system

Online broadcasting

Library as a publisher

Concerts, lectures, panel discussions, writer visits, interviews, story telling, and book talks are recorded

Distribution channels: webcasts, podcasts, mp3, radio

Sharing through web 2.0

Example: Voice of youth Young adults interview City’s decision makers such as council members

Group Work room

Seats for 18 people

3M Super Close Projector

Video conferencing

Not for commercial use

For associations and organizations: - Comic association - Helsinki cyclist - Ikebana association - Board game group - Traffic policy association - Finland- Eritrea society - etc…

Studios: recording, audio, video Customers can come to the library to play, record and edit their own music, spoken word and videos. Customers can save their recordings to their own Media Card for public use.

Recording, rehearsing and playback

Electric piano

Stereos

Microphones

Guitars and bass

Booking times: ½ to 2 hrs

Utilizations rate: 90%

Audio editing

Recording software

Editing software

Mixer

Keyboard

Drum pad

DJ record player

Booking times: ½ to 4 hrs

Utilizations rate: 80%

Demo Tower Library Radio

Demo of the month Staff selects the best demo once per month

Multimedia area @ Meeting Point

Operating systems in different languages

Scanners

Image processing

Publishing programs

CD and DVD burner

Memory card drive

USB and Firewire port

Workstation for the disabled customers

IT information service

Video editing @ Meeting Point

Editing software

3D animation software

Recording software

DV recorder

S-VHS recorder

Booking times: maximum 40 hrs in 2, 4 or 6 hour blocks

Normally used for project work

Publishing aid @ Meeting Point

Publishing courses for customers, associations and organizations

Web 2.0 guidance for customers

Editing, recording and multimedia programs

From living room to working room

Space and equipment for creating, displaying and publishing media

Wlan-connections to various databases

Moveable tables and plugs for laptops

Do it yourself

Numerous different peripheral

devices are available for customers

to borrow, which can aid the use of

their laptops :

DVD, CD-RW, USB, ZIP drives

Memory card readers

USB and Bluetooth sticks

Headphones

Portable CD and DVD-players

Portable technology for recording

Work how you want

Furnish as you need

Library functions with a library card

Workstations

Studios

Instruments, microphones, etc.

Listening to music

WLAN for laptops

Do it yourself –devices

Expanding the library card as a brand

In touch with the times : Eurovision karaoke 2007 Customer can sing favorite Eurovision song on to a CD and take part in an Internet Competition

In touch with the times: Festival Bus The bus is loaded with items that is relevant to the theme of the festival, e.g. CDs of the artists performing at the festival. The Festival Bus is a joint venture between Library 10 and the Mobile Library unit.

New tasks of staff