{"id":405183,"date":"2023-11-17T11:40:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T09:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kirjastokaista.fi\/maija-berndtson-self-service-and-self-activity-from-the-users-point-of-view\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:38:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T07:38:36","slug":"maija-berndtson-self-service-and-self-activity-from-the-users-point-of-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kirjastokaista.fi\/en\/maija-berndtson-self-service-and-self-activity-from-the-users-point-of-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Maija Berndtson: ”Self-Service and Self-Activity – from the User\u00b4s Point of View” and a discussion with Dan Hallemar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Live-stream recording from a conference \u201cNordic Libraries Annual 2023\u201d. This live streaming video includes a presentation by Maija Berndtson<\/strong>, \u201cSelf-Service and Self-Activity – from the User\u00b4s Point of View”. Video includes also discussion between Dan Hallemar<\/strong> and Maija Berndtson on the themes of Library Spaces and Independent Use. Discussion was moderated by P\u00e4ivi Jokitalo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Maija Berndtson worked in in different positions in Espoo and Helsinki City Libraries for many years, in Helsinki as library director 1987-2013. She has also been secretary general in the Finnish Library Association and had international mandates in EU-projects, in IFLA\u00b4s section ”Library buildings and equipment”, as a member in Bertelsmann Foundation\u00b4s Public Library International Network, and as a jury member in the architectural competitions in Turin, Stockholm and Oslo.<\/p>\n

In writing articles and giving lectures her special interests have been the future of libraries, leadership, and the library architecture. Today she evaluates European public libraries from the customer point of view in the project Library Ranking Europe (LRE), in which she is a co-founder.<\/p>\n

Nordic Libraries Annual is an annual conference looking at topical issues in public libraries and library development. The conference examined the self-service use of libraries. In 2023 the conference was organized November 2. The conference was organized by the Regional State Administrative Agencies in Finland in collaboration with Kirjastokaista (Library Channel) and Espoo City Library. The conference was funded by the Finland\u2019s Ministry of Education and Culture. This year\u2019s conference was streamed from Espoo\u2019s new Lippulaiva Library.<\/p>\n

What happens when customers have the freedom to decide how and when they use library services? Self-service means inclusion, community and ownership of the spaces, but also permissiveness and trust. It requires practical solutions, safety and tolerance, as well as adaptation of personnel and patrons. The customers\u2019 self-service also affects the professional identity of the library personnel.<\/p>\n

What can self-service libraries offer users? What does the freedom of self-realization mean and do we have limits for it? What does the library space allow and enable for independent use with others? What interesting examples can be found in Nordic libraries?<\/p>\n

The conference was related to the report on self-service libraries in Finland, which was published in June 2023.<\/p>\n

Read more:
\nAll videos from the conference<\/a>
\nLibrary Ranking Europe (LRE)<\/a><\/p>\n

See also:<\/p>\n

In 2022 the conference was organized 2nd to 3rd of November in Helsinki, at the Central Library Oodi, and the focus was \u201cLiteracy, Libraries and The Civil Society\u201d.
\nAll the videos from the NLA 2022 conference<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2021 the conference was organized online from the 3rd to 4th of November, and the focus was on libraries as well as democracy.
\nAll the videos from the NLA 2021 conference<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNordic Libraries Annual: Towards Sustainable Futures\u201d was organized for the first time on the 5th and 6th of November 2020.
\nAll the videos from the NLA 2020 conference<\/a><\/p>\n

Live-stream: Mikko Helander and Joonas Nevalainen
\nProducer: Riitta Taarasti
\nProduced by Library Channel (Kirjastokaista), 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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