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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


  1. The Future Functions of National Libraries Dr. Guy Berthiaume National Library of Estonia Centennial Conference Tallinn, Estonia October 25, 2018

  2. Key presentation themes: 1. Willingness to welcome new users. 2. Consequences of new roles played by users. 2

  3. 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

  4. Online: 622,290 records from World War 1 4

  5. BANCTEC scanner 5

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  7. Project Naming 7

  8. Digitizing First Nations, Inuit and Métis content/supporting communities 8

  9. Wolverine’s military record

  10. « May the Fourth » 2018 10

  11. 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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