UPSCALE: Upscaling Sustainable Collaborative Consumption Using Public Libraries

UPSCALE is an international collaboration of universities, research institutes, public libraries, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that explore the preconditions for and possible upscaling of collaborative consumption using public libraries. UPSCALE runs until autumn 2024, and results will be published continuously in journals dealing with library and information studies, climate research, and sustainability. In this research note, we introduce ongoing research from the UPSCALE research group by presenting several case studies that show how public libraries act as change agents in different ways regarding sustainable development. This might be by facilitating, promoting the lending, and sharing alternative collections in the library or by building collaborations, partnerships, and networks with local community actors, NGOs, and other local and national partners

Upscale: Upscaling Sustainable Collaborative Consumption Using Public Libraries

UPSCALE is an international collaboration of universities, research institutes, public libraries, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that explore the preconditions for and possible upscaling of collaborative consumption using public libraries. UPSCALE runs until autumn 2024, and results will be published continuously in journals dealing with library and information studies, climate research,and sustainability. In this research note, we introduce ongoing research from the UPSCALE research group by presenting several case studies that show how public libraries act as change agents in different ways regarding sustainable development. This might be by facilitating, promoting the lending, and sharing alternative collections in the library or by building collaborations, partnerships, and networks with local community actors, NGOs, and other local and national partners

Udlån af erfaringer: alternative udlånsservices og samskabelse på biblioteket

The aim of this paper is to investigate how an increasing fraction of the Danish libraries over the last years has experimented with lending of non-traditional materials. The main purpose is to examine how library staff can develop non-traditional lending initiatives that support a user-to-user exchange of experiences. The paper’s main contribution is the presentation of a model, “Erfaringsudlånsmodellen” (“The model of Experience Lending”), which describes how the cultural communication strategy of co-creation can be combined with the lending of non-traditional materials, which will result in an extension of the library collection that in the future can contain not only the materials, but the patrons’ experiences with the materials as well. A number of Danish and foreign examples of the lending of non-traditional materials are reviewed. Afterwards, two specific Danish alternative lending initiatives are investigated further. These are Valby’s Library’s “FrøLab” (“SeedLab”) and Risskov Library’s “Man Bliver Glad af Surdej!” (“Sourdough makes you happy!”) The lending design of these initiatives is discussed, and it is stated that the initiatives combine knowledge sharing tools with co-creation to facilitate an exchange of experience between users. This lending design is formalized in the model of Experience Lending, which is presented and discussed

VÆRKTØJ TIL FÆLLESSKAB

Artiklen omhandler et makerspace i Vancouver, Canada. Gennem empiriske eksempler fra eget feltarbejde i efteråret 2017 udforsker jeg, hvilke betydninger værktøj har for brugere af Vancouver Tool Library. Jeg argumenterer for, at værktøj foruden at være en fysisk teknologi også fremstår som en social teknologi, idet brugerne anvender det til at skabe mening og selverkendelse. Jeg konkluderer, at værktøjet, der lånes i Vancouver Tool Library, bliver tillagt særlig værdi, fordi det har forbindelse til makerspacet, og at dette har indflydelse på, hvordan brugerne forstår det. Værktøjet indgår herigennem i et hverdagspolitisk projekt, som brugerne løbende engagerer sig i gennem deres engagement i makerspacet. Søgeord: værktøjsbibliotek, makerspace, social teknologi, Nordamerika, adgangsbaseret forbru

“I mean, I think it still works”: How Do Library Staff Develop Expertise and Support Users in Circulating Collections of Audiovisual Production Equipment?

Libraries house and circulate many types of materials and technologies. In academic libraries, circulating equipment often supports coursework and curricular goals around experiential education. These collections create specific demands on the librarians who manage them in terms of selection, upkeep, and user support and reference. This study consisted of a web-based survey that asked academic library staff about the breadth of audiovisual production equipment collections, their own experiences developing knowledge to support these collections, and provision of user support services and materials.Master of Science in Library Scienc

Quelle place pour le prêt d’objets en bibliothèque ?

Mémoire de fin d\u27étude du diplôme de conservateur promotion 26, portant sur le prêt d\u27objets en bibliothèque