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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 libraries in Europe.’ — Erland Kolding Nielsen, Alexandria, 2012 Image courtesy the V&A

The 1990s

From Crisis Situations to Redefining the Roles of National Libraries Threats Opportunities  New technology  Change management  Recession and the new liberal  Participative management  Reengineering economy  Public administration fiscal  Partnerships instead of restraints collaboration

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?

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

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

The Blank Canvas

The New National Library

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