The entrepreneurial library

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the recent Axiell conference on entrepreneurial activities in relation to libraries in the public sector.

Design/methodology/approach

Provide an overview of the conference.

Findings

Provides an overview of the conference.

Research limitations/implications

Provides an overview of the conference subject to the author's interpretation.

Practical implications

Provides case studies and thoughts on entrepreneurship from the public library and other sectors which could be used to spark ideas for libraries in the public sector and beyond to help reinvent their services and offerings in the wake of Google, Amazon and other “competitor” services.

Originality/value

Of interest to librarians in the public sector and beyond, in the UK and Nordic countries and further afield. A shorter version of this paper appears on the Axiell web site.

Citation

Dhanjal, C. (2009), "The entrepreneurial library", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 26 No. 1/2, pp. 6-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/07419050910966463