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Flashback to the Past, Rewind to the Future The Challenge of Imagining a New National Library One could reasonably claim that more has changed in the past 30 years than in almost the last 1,000 years since the founding of the first monastic

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Flashback to the Past, Rewind to the Future

The Challenge of Imagining a New National Library

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‘One could reasonably claim that more has changed in the past 30 years than in almost the last 1,000 years since the founding of the first monastic libraries in Europe.’ — Erland Kolding Nielsen, Alexandria, 2012

Image courtesy the V&A

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The 1990s

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From Crisis Situations to Redefining the Roles of National Libraries

Threats

New technology
Recession and the new liberal

economy

Public administration fiscal

restraints Opportunities

Change management
Participative management
Reengineering
Partnerships instead of

collaboration

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Rewind to Today: Coping with the Digital Era

Maintaining core functions while facing new challenges

Partial ownership of digital content
Open Access policies
Leaders in linked data
Curation of digital objects
Public outreach and open-door policies

But has the national library model reached its limit?

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A New Concept for National Libraries

Imagination is not reproducing or reengineering reality. Instead, we must break away from reality as we know it to come up with a new concept of the national library. Inspiration from “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 1943

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Can We Start With a Clean Slate?

Constraints and preconceptions

Legacy of the past: Traditional concept of the national library
Current operations: Vision, mission, roles and functions
Role within the information network: A web of existing realities
Physical limitations: Buildings and infrastructure

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The Blank Canvas

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The New National Library

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