The Norwegian Repository Library

Abstract

Purpose

Aims to outline the Norwegian National Library (NL)'s process of implementing a new organisational structure.

Design/methodology/approach

Addresses the new model of the NL, the historical background that initiated the process and then focuses on the Repository Library from its establishment until present. Discusses some of the opportunities for the Repository Library and outlines the initial goals of the institution: to provide new legal deposited documents to the inter‐lending system and to store low demand and surplus documents from other libraries in Norway, thus freeing space.

Findings

The influx of material has been greater than expected and storing problems occurred. Equipping with moving shelves did not give enough space and eventually an automatic storage system was built and started operations in summer 2003.

Originality/value

In the digital area, the NL has developed advanced storage capacity. So far the repository has not used digital resources, but in the future it will offer this to its clients. This will include both documents of digital origin, and traditional documents transferred to digital format.

Citation

Henden, J. (2005), "The Norwegian Repository Library", Library Management, Vol. 26 No. 1/2, pp. 73-78. https://doi.org/10.1108/01435120510572897