Helsinki Central Library chosen as the best new public library

Re:Helsinki Central Library chosen as the best new public li... by late on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:26AM (#20809312)

This is interesting due to the concept of Oodi being totally different from most libraries and only to some extent fitting the definition of a library [1].

Oodi is more of a living meeting place for people where you can play board games, video games, make art, 3D prints, music and such. It might be dubbed as a library to ensure that its visitors have a vague understanding of the place i.e. it's free to use all the services and open to anyone.

[1] "A library is a curated collection of sources of information and similar resources.." as per Wikipedea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library

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Re:Helsinki Central Library chosen as the best new public li... by blakesterz on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @11:18AM (#20810486)

"Oodi is more of a living meeting place for people where you can play board games, video games, make art, 3D prints, music and such."

Ask any librarian today and they'll say that's what a library is now. Or at least that's probably what they want their library to be now. This probably only goes for public librarians.

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Re:Helsinki Central Library chosen as the best new public li... by fhbdukfrh on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @01:05PM (#20812003)

My love of wandering through the stacks of a library is definitely nostalgia-driven but there's something about being around mountains of books that is exciting. Probably the same reason people like old record stores, flea markets and bargain stores like winners...

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