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Supporting the community
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The beauty of the library is that it is designed to be a welcoming space for all, regardless of sector.
Key points:
Key points:
- Meet growing diversity of user needs
- Social needs
- A sounding board
- Services and facilities not available at home
- Civic participation
- Inclusion in a community
- Contribute to development of individuals
- Providing choice (i.e. digital versus print)
- Providing equitable access – is this our role
- Greater engagement
- Expectation of seamless customer experience
- Equitable access
- Library as space
- Libraries as the 3rd space
- Safe warm meeting space
- Non-commercial space
- Need to constantly review use of space
- Market space, not market place
- Provide experiences (maker spaces etc)
Key People
ContributorLIANZA
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Event
Future of Libraries Summit 2015Description
On July 31st 2015 the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa and Te Rōpū Whakahau co-hosted Taking Libraries to 2025: The Future of Libraries Summit at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington.
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Lianza (1st Sep 2015). Supporting the community. In Website Lianza. Retrieved 19th Mar 2026 17:26, from https://lianza.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/106