Bókasafnið - 01.06.2014, Page 68

Bókasafnið 38. árg. 2014
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heim.
Nýja stefnan byggir á eldri stefnu fyrir árin 2009-
201 3 og ber sömu yfirskrift. Síðast var áherslan lögð á
þjónustu, rafrænar lausnir, söfnun og skipulag stafræns
efnis, auk samvinnu. Áfram verður unnið á þeirri braut
en einnig lögð áhersla á rannsóknir, nýsköpun og
breytingar á því rými sem safnið starfar í.
Að þessu sinni eru sett fram 61 stefnumál ti l næstu
ára og skiptast þau í átta málaflokka. Til að vinna að
þeim eru skilgreind 21 3 verkefni, stór og smá. Mörg
verkefnanna eru þverfagleg og krefjast samstarfs mil l i
ólíkra starfseininga innan safnsins, en önnur eru eðli legt
framhald fyrri verkefna. Framundan er að tengja þau við
árlegar verkefnaáætlanir og hrinda þeim í framkvæmd.
Knowledge Source for Everyone:
Policy of the National and University
Library of Iceland for 201 3 – 201 7
Early in 201 3 the National and University Library of
Iceland started work on a new policy. The purpose was
to develop guidelines for the employees of the Library
while focusing on the Library’s activities for the years to
come. The Executive Board of the Library, along with
the Human Resources Manager, led this work and
carried out the necessary coordination of ideas in
shaping the new policy. Mr Sigurjón Þórðarson, from
Gekon Consultants, guided the work in the beginning,
participated in the organization of the work and chaired
the meetings.
In forming the policy, there was extensive
consultation and meetings were held with employees,
partners and stakeholders of the Library and a special
meeting was held with a group of students from the Uni-
versity of Iceland. Since the Board of the Library has an
advisory role to the National Librarian in policy develop-
ment it was also instrumental in the work, attended
meetings and studied the policy documents in different
stages. Several documents were used as background
material, such as the National Library Act from 201 1 , the
Library Act from 201 2, a Parl iamentary resolution on
cultural policy from 201 3, Governmental policy on the
Information Society from 201 3, documents from the
Consortium of Icelandic Libraries (Landskerfi) and Ice-
land Consortium for Electronic Subscriptions (Landsað-
gangur), besides considering the developments in
l ibraries around the world.
The new policy is based on the former policy from
2009-201 3. The emphasis then was on services,
electronic solutions, collection and organization of
electronic material, as well as cooperation. The new
policy wil l continue along the same track as previously
but more emphasis wil l be placed on research, innova-
tion and changes in the use of the Library’s premises.
The policy document outl ines 61 strategic items, di-
vided into eight general categories. To accomplish this,
21 3 projects, big and small , have been defined. Many of
the projects are interdiscipl inary and call for cooperation
across different fields of the Library; others are a logical
continuation of older projects. In the future they wil l be
linked to the annual project-plans and implemented.
- I nformation Technology
- Research and I nnovation
- Library Collections and Cataloguing
- Preservation
- Access and Dissemination
- Service
- Staff Culture and Working
Environment
- Premises
General categories:
- I nitiative
- Development and innovations
- Ambitions and professionalism
- Collaboration
Values: