Background information
The council initiative made in September 2021 requested the Mäntsälä council to start searching for solutions for the lack of space in the library. The library has operated temporarily since 1993 in youth centers premises and according to the national statistics, it was the smallest library of Finland in proportion to the population still in 2021.
It's difficult for the library in the current situation to offer the spaces or the services the library law demands to support learning, hobbies, work and active citizenship.
The library law promotes equal opportunities for education and culture; accessibility and usability of information; reading culture and versatile literacy; opportunities for lifelong learning and development; active citizenship, democracy and freedom of expression.
In this dreaming process we will not be planning the new spaces or the renovation of the old building concretely, so the workshop participants do not have to be experts in building or renovation. The results will be used as a base for the concrete planning process, if the decision of a new library will be made.
The participatory dreaming process is funded by the regional state administrative agency (Aluehallintovirasto) and it will be carried out by Osana yhteistä ratkaisua Oy together with the staff of the library.
More information
Anu Järvi-Uutela, director of library services, Municipality of Mäntsälä, anu.jarvi-uutela(at)mantsala.fi
Tanja Korvenmaa, facilitator, Osana yhteistä ratkaisua Oy, tanja(at)osana.fi