We are faced with a choice: should we focus on improving the existing distribution process or should we focus on what is truly valuable; the library beyond the information overload?
The main principle here is that library users and cooperating partners can contribute to the programming and various parts of the process, based on their own quality and expertise. Constructing or renovating a library building is a unique opportunity to apply these principles. To make all activities literally visible in the building, an open-plan design is needed, in which functions are integrated as much as possible.
A NEW LIBRARY PROCES
The Ministry of Imagination
designed a new work process in which knowledge creation and sharing are central.
The essence is that the library searches for the knowledge, creativity and imagination that is present in the city. It is a process that starts with inspiration, with good questions, surprising and sometimes unusual collection presentations. Visitors are encouraged to respond and share their own associations. What knowledge do they have to add and what new perspectives will then arise? If the results of this are systematically shared with other visitors, new connections, new meanings and new insights are constantly created. It is a new, cyclical process of inspiration, creation and participation.
