FROM COLLECTION TO CONNECTION, FROM CONNECTION TO CREATION

Abstract

Sometimes, it is said that creativity is the fundamental driving force of the 21st-century economy, just as oil was in the 20th century. Perhaps in this century, the critical factors for economic success are policies that protect creativity, just as energy policy and access to energy were determinants of geopolitics throughout the 20th century. The concept of the creative economy emerged at the end of the 20th century with strong globalization, technological development, and digitization. It is considered one of the first cultural industries – cultural tourism, in which public libraries play an important role, along with museums and archives. The fields of art, culture, and science constitute the basis of the creative economy, and libraries are one of the representatives of culture that provide invaluable services in meeting the needs for learning and culture of the entire society, promoting  lifelong learning, information literacy, and creative personal development.What should a new library be like in order to make a comprehensive contribution to the concept of the creative economy, achieve the ideal of creating a connection with users through the collections it possesses, and also make a creative contribution to the economic development of the community?