Society needs to see that libraries are an important resource

the basis for the ”Democracy's treasure” is 14 reports that highlights the library community from a variety of perspectives, including a review of bibliotekarieyrkets conditions and an examination of the role of libraries in a multilingual society.

the Coordinator of the three-year work has been erich Fichtelius, who on Thursday unveiled the main elements of the proposal on DN Debate.

who is president of the American library association, is pleased.

" We have long campaigned for a national strategy for libraries and are happy that it finally has come to fruition. There has been a lack of long-term strategies and investments, " says Johanna Hansson.

”Democracy's treasure” holds a package of reforms on six points. It states, inter alia, that more than half of the children in Sweden do not have access to school libraries, despite the fact that they should have it under the education act.

– There are laws that schools must follow, but you must not have staffed school libraries. We have calculated that it would cost 1.5 billion to come to terms with this. The 30 million that the government has allocated is not enough, " says Johanna Hansson.

the Society need to see that libraries are an important resource.

knowledge and cultural heritage, was the call in erich Fichtelius article in DN Debate. He argues that Sweden has been lagging behind other countries in digitization of kunskapsarvet.

" We agree with the analysis, the lack of a robust digital infrastructure. There has not been a force to collect itself around the political decisions, " says Johanna Hansson.

She believes that it is important that the investigation highlights the library's democratic functions.

– in Which makes the libraries much, but it is often too invisible. Society needs to see that libraries are an important resource. We are happy to see that there is a desire to increase the resources.

" We should study the proposals carefully and will, of course, continue to work with the visibility of the profession. Hopefully this gives the strategy a shot in the arm for the whole sector, " says Johanna Hansson.

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