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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi everyone, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I am so thrilled to be part of the Mobility Shift event in October. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Until then, I am busy with my job, being a practitioner working to transform an institution regarded as one of the most crucial societal icons of the modern, developed democratic societies. I am talking about the public library, an institution dear to many, if not most people. I sometimes get a little sweaty, though, thinking about the future. Some predictions tend to kill the public libraries – at least as a vehicle for distribution of knowledge – together with the printed book in a relatively short term, e.g. 2020. Others predict a more social role for the libraries as public open spaces characterized by values that makes it welcoming for all. Others again see the public library as a possible open center for informal learning. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I wonder, if any of you guys have any thoughts on the subject of the public library. Can you see any functions for the public library as we know it in a future where e-books and digitization have changed the formats for knowledge and culture distribution and exchange totally?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>If so – to which problems in the knowledge based, networked society do you see the public library as a possible answer?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#676767'>Rolf Hapel</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#676767'><br>Director</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><div><div class=MsoNormal><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#676767' align=left></div></div></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="10%" style='width:10.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><img width=85 height=85 id="Billede_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.gif@01CC363B.694F5940" alt=Logo><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="90%" style='width:90.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#676767'>CITIZENS' SERVICES AND LIBRARIES</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#676767'> <br>City of Aarhus <br>City Hall, 8000 Aarhus C<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#676767'>Denmark<br>Phone +45 89 40 93 00<br>Mobile +45 29 20 83 56</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" colspan=2 style='width:100.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><div><div class=MsoNormal><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#676767' align=left></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" colspan=2 style='width:100.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>