{"id":12037,"date":"2018-02-08T12:33:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T08:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/?p=12037"},"modified":"2018-02-08T12:57:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T12:57:27","slug":"a-certain-duration-new-approaches-in-the-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/en\/a-certain-duration-new-approaches-in-the-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"A certain duration: new approaches in the libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"
Carme Fenoll<\/h6>\n

Museums and libraries share many things: we are in a process of change (well, the libraries are surely more advanced), we aim to place the users at the centre, we are questioning historical certainties, we are shaking up the structures, and we are opening ourselves up to the society.\u00a0 We have invited\u00a0\u00a0 Carme Fenoll to share her ideas for shaking things up.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to mention three painters who have a certain duration ensured: Ramon Casas, Isidre Nonell and Joaquim Sunyer\u201d, Josep Pla<\/a>, To be under all possible illusions<\/em>.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago I was invited to the 3rd Meeting of \u2018Peccata minuta\u2019<\/a>, which consists of monthly meetings in which different cultural managers share failed experiences from their professional trajectory<\/strong>. A fresh and daring idea, much more useful, from my point of view, than certain approaches based only on best practices.<\/p>\n

In my session, I tried to highlight some ideas taken from mistakes I had made during my trajectory as a librarian, given that this covered more than two decades. The title of the talk was clear: 20 librarian mistakes and a desperate song<\/em>. I used 20 simple slides to set up a discussion about some of the topics I considered to be interesting to debate.<\/p>\n

Rules of an uncertain duration<\/h3>\n

Of the twenty ideas explained, I would like to highlight some with an important historical connotation. Libraries are one of the cultural sectors with a commitment towards a continual adaptation to new times, a fact that has led to it being highly rated by the citizens. The transformation in recent years has been notable.<\/p>\n

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Workplace of the art library of the Museum of Modern Art, 1970.<\/p><\/div>\n

What has changed so much (or not)?: the school libraries, silent as a grave, homework in the library, filling a wish list. Not to bore readers not linked to the library sector, we could say that the professionals have put a lot of thought into rethinking these issues: the evolution of the priorities, the laxity in the rules that seemed impossible to remove (in many centres there is still the symbol prohibiting mobiles), and until a few years ago, some libraries still made the children show their hands on entering the libraries.<\/p>\n

The prohibition of doing homework in the library or the barely active participation of the users are some examples that could lead to good professional debates and discussions. All of which, very possibly, the result of their time, and all of an uncertain duration. And with this, what I mean is that maybe we should start to systematically question many things, and incorporate new visions that allow us to make<\/strong> 180\u00ba or 360\u00ba shifts where necessary.<\/strong><\/p>\n

20 library-flashes<\/h3>\n