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Namdalsbibliotekerne – samarbejd for bedre kvalitet og tilgjengelighet
The Namdal Libraries.
A three-year development project supported by the Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority and the County of North Trøndelag has made it possible for the 14 municipalities of Namdal www.namdalsbibliotekene.no/ to establish a programme of close co-operation aimed at achieving improved quality and greater access. The result is a new infrastructure for both library competence and technology.
The professional structure consists of three regional library co-ordinators (representing overall a 100% full-time post), each responsible for development work in their particular geographical region in co-operation with the county library. In this way the whole Namdal region acquires a higher level of library expertise, together with a greater awareness of the professional skills of the individual head librarians. Each municipality makes a contribution representing 10% of library staff resources. The head librarians meet regularly on a regional basis in order to exchange ideas and to consider further possible areas of practical co-operation. An important aspect has been the focus given to the fact that all the libraries and all members of staff have their strong points which can be developed to play a role in the new network.
The three co-ordinators combine this project work with their posts as head librarians.
A particularly successful aspect of the project lies in its strong political anchorage. The project actually came into being as the result of a proposal made by the political leaders of one of the municipalities, together with one of the regional advisory bodies, representatives of which now sit on the project’s steering committee. This political anchorage has given the library situation a regional-political focus in North Trøndelag and has most probably contributed to a strengthening of the role of the libraries in their own municipalities |
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