Salaborsa a pop library sharing cultures Madrid May, 19th 2010 Meeting of European Public Library Directors
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Bologna and its libraries Bologna City Sistem Libraries Biblioteca Salaborsa Biblioteca Archiginnasio 11 libraries belonging to single city areas 9 specific libraries (total 3.215.238 documents) 45 University libraries in town Many private libraries with public access 3 outer belt libraries for a city full of books, documents and easy access to knowledge 3
Biblioteca Salaborsa_ features & mission December, 13th 2001 Biblioteca Salaborsa opened Salaborsa is one of the main projects developed by Bologna as European City of Culture 2000 city centre, beautiful historical building, free access, many facilities to join the library and use its services, resource for everyone, special attention on promotion and communication wide range promotion of reading, documentation of contemporary life and local history, intercultural projects June, 24th 2008 reorganize space and service 4
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Biblioteca Salaborsa_ what is now 6.716 mq. on 3 levels 446 seats, available for reading books, newspapers and magazines 40 points to consult the online catalogue, 6 computers dedicated to the electronic archives and 40 to browse internet, 9 stations to watch videos, 10 palm pilots to be used to listen to music and audiobooks total amount of registered users at December, 31st 2009 Biblioteca Salaborsa 208.152 Biblioteca Salaborsa Ragazzi 54.740 only in 2009: 552 baby (0-3), 427 children (4-8), 818 younger (9-13), 1182 teens (13-16) total of registered users 262.892 9
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2009_ numbers_ users & loans 1.305.480 people visited Salaborsa - 4.613 daily average of 283 opening days 690.112 people connected to the website - 1.800 daily average 681.579 loans to 42.487 BSB users - 2400 daily average 118.001 loans to 11.464 BSBR users, - 417 daily average 2.478 watching sessions and 278 loans palm pilots for listening music 11
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2009_ numbers_ activities 66.125 internet sessions; in addition, library users have access to the wi-fi internet network provided by Bologna municipality more than 1.700 accesses of BSB library database 136.080 reference transactions carried out with librarians, 384 requests made to the network of online reference service called Chiedilo al bibliotecario (Ask a librarian); 6.149 phone requests and 419 emails asking for general information 24 events (festivals, exhibitions) set up on the library main hall, 85 meetings and seminaries held in the Auditorium and 26 guided tours Biblioteca Salaborsa Ragazzi organized 8 exhibitions, 106 school meetings and 245 free access meetings 14
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2009_ numbers_the collection 46.778 fiction books, contemporary novels both in Italian and foreign languages - English, French, German, Spanish, Albanian, Arab, Chinese, Hebrew, Russian, Polish 82.110 items of non fiction and other books categories, 3.856 comics, 3.844 documents about Bologna and its surroundings, 814 audiobooks, 12.761 documents as encyclopaedias, dictionaries, repertoires, bibliographies 57.600 books for babies, children and youngsters, including picturebooks in 59 different languages 16
2009_ numbers_ multimedia & press 11.567 videos + 4.661 videos for children and youngsters 22.914 cds + 1.065 cds for children and youngsters 846 daily and weekly newspapers, national and international periodicals in French, English, Spanish, German, Albanian, Arab, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Tagalog, Ukrainian 79 databases and many atlases, tourist guides and maps 17
2009_ numbers total budget 1.951.250 total employees 100 55 public employees + other employees from outer sources opening 10 hours a day, closed on Sunday and Monday morning 18
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www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it online from 2001 Salaborsa website looks now like a system of different websites including bibliotecasalaborsa.it bibliotecasalaborsa.it/ragazzi Xanadu comunità di lettori ostinati NpL Nati per Leggere IBBY Italia_ International Board on Books for Young People a real gateway to get information and services, with a userfriendly, coloured graphic layout where browsing is very simple, as requested by the accessibility and usability requirements 23
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www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it_ what s on enhancing and implementing online services, in order to get to users wherever they are: for example Chiedilo al bibliotecario - Ask a Librarian_ enhancing browsing and managing of the website, making the information retrieval easier and as much accurate as possible metadata were adopted - Dublin Core international help retrieval and selection of the specific item to be found making participation, communication and inclusion easier_ all the contents are online with Creative Commons, except for some specifically marked contents 28
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Biblioteca Salaborsa on social network LibraryThing, Wikipedia, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter our actions carried out in this field are to be considered trials, much less structured than the ones carried out by American libraries 32
what's on_ our projects to promote reading Nati per Leggere project to promote reading starting from the very early years of life in cooperation with librarians and pediatricians Xanadu community for obstinate readers project based on books, comics, music and cinema for the younger and the school; through an online contest we tried to promote reading and chatting about books from all over Italy the library bibliographies suggestions of reading, listening and vision, guided by the librarians 33
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what's on_ our projects on specific users targets Leggere liberamente inter library loan project in collaboration with the prison in town Liberi di leggere inter library loan project and activities with the detention home in town inter library loan project for patients of Bologna hospitals 37
what's on_ our project against digital devide free internet access for adults and children increase wifi service encouragement to fill the digital gap 38
what's on_ our project for cultural diversity lingue e culture surveys, setting up, communication and promotion of specific sections for foreign citizens specific section of the library with books and press in foreign languages according to the wider developed foreign communities in town 39
what's on_ our project to promote library use officinadolescenti a creative lab in the city centre dedicated to youngsters a special project is the cooperation betweeen librarians and social operators useful to avoid troubles in library facilities misusing and offer a meeting place for the teens video: www.youtube.com 40
the future? some key words relations, connections, community, library as a social-cultural center ridge-building, producing readers, guidance, counseling, user care, flexibility, offering emotions 41
the future? we have a lot of work to do! Thank you! Mauro Felicori Director of Cultural Area of Bologna City mauro.felicori@comune.bologna.it 42