1. The Joint Library of Drammen
Presentation for Comenius Regio project with Pärnu
October 11th 2012
Jannicke Røgler, Library Adviser
Buskerud County Library

2. Partners in the joint library
• Buskerud county library
• Drammen municipal library
• Buskerud college library - Drammen
Aim: Drammensbiblioteket will be the leading
regional agent of library and information
communication services

3. • For patrons: A physically integrated library and learning
center – a ”seamless service”.
• For the partners: a cooperation crossing three
administrative levels and adjoined institutions – the
first of its kind in Norway.
• Drammensbiblioteket is also a regional and national
development project.

4. Tenants:
Buskerud College 9000 m2
BI-Buskerud 1800 m2
Telemark College 800 m2
Joint Library of Drammen 4800 m2
SiBu Canteen/Café 1000 m2
Norli Bookshop 278 m2
Papirbredden Career Center 125 m2
Innovasjon Norge 1600 m2
-- Papirbredden Innovation
- Private enterprises

5. Aims of Drammen knowledge park
= Regional (commercial) development
• From ”manual” til ”intellectual”
• ”Tear down fences”
• An architectural ”pearl” for the ”River city”

6. The main target groups of
The joint Library of Drammen

The population of Drammen (60.000)

120 000 in the region (247.000 in the county)
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120 000 in the region (247.000 in the county)

Students, employees and researchers at HiBu
(about 900), BI (about 350), HiT (about 120)

Regional businesses, especially companies in
the science park

7. Drammensbiblioteket - main outline
From teeming to contemplation
Groundfloor : Main entrance,
children’s dept.,
return automat
1. floor : Culture, fiction,
categorized non-fiction, flexible
work stations, ICT-room, group
rooms, reference
2. floor : Non-fiction, special
collections, group rooms, small
reading room, working stations,
Drammensbiblioteket – a room
ICT help, help desk, twin with a view
reference

9. Facebook

13. Results
• Better & bigger premises
• More ”seamless” services
• More visits, more loans, esp
non-fiction
• A lot of attention
• A laboratory for service
development
• Success projects
• Fatigue, but also motivation
among the employees
• Some synergies, incl
neighbouring culture center
• A symbol for the city and
prestige for the mayor
• An appreciated part of city
development

14. Thank you for your attention