A description of Library 10, a music and IT library located in the centre of Helsinki. Presented by Käri Lamsä at the CILIPS Centenary Conference on 4 and 5 Jun 2008.

1. Kari Lämsä Helsinki City Library Library 10 Kari.lamsa@hel.fi www.lib.hel.fi/library10

4. Töölö bay Music campus Forthcoming Music Hall -> Library 10 -> Finlandia Hall -> Sibelius Academy -> Opera -> Music institute->

9. Opening Hours Mon-Thu 10-22 Fri 10-18 Sat-Sun 12-18 Weekdays the lobby opens at 8

18. Example: Voice of youth Young adults interview City’s decision makers such as council members

20. Studios: recording, audio, video Customers can come to the library to play, record and edit their own music, spoken word and videos. Customers can save their recordings to their own Media Card for public use.

23. Demo Tower Library Radio

24. Demo of the month Staff selects the best demo once per month

30. Work how you want

31. Furnish as you need

33. In touch with the times : Eurovision karaoke 2007 Customer can sing favorite Eurovision song on to a CD and take part in an Internet Competition

34. In touch with the times: Festival Bus The bus is loaded with items that is relevant to the theme of the festival, e.g. CDs of the artists performing at the festival. The Festival Bus is a joint venture between Library 10 and the Mobile Library unit.