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The Future Functions of National Libraries Dr. Guy Berthiaume National Library of Estonia Centennial Conference Tallinn, Estonia October 25, 2018 Key presentation themes: 1. Willingness to welcome new users. 2. Consequences of new roles

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The Future Functions of National Libraries

  • Dr. Guy Berthiaume

National Library of Estonia Centennial Conference Tallinn, Estonia October 25, 2018

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Key presentation themes:

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  • 1. Willingness to welcome new users.
  • 2. Consequences of new roles played by users.
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British Library

“The more screen-based our lives, it seems, the greater the perceived value of real human encounters and physical artefacts; activity in each realm feeds interest in the other.”

British Library, Statement of vision and purpose, 2015- 2023

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Online: 622,290 records from World War 1

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BANCTEC scanner

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Project Naming

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Digitizing First Nations, Inuit and Métis content/supporting communities

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Wolverine’s military record

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« May the Fourth » 2018

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The twin poles of a national library’s mandate

“A national library can, I believe, be a sort of creative workshop, and a place in which material is stored for future readers to find clues in order to imagine better worlds.”

Alberto Manguel

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