Danish museums obtain easier access to research literature

Royal Danish Library's document service provides access to research literature which would otherwise be difficult or costly to obtain. The document service is targeted at organisations which occasionally need access to research literature, but where the cost of ongoing subscriptions to scientific journals does not balance the need.

Royal Danish Library is pleased that the partnership with The Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces and Danish Museums has been extended until 2028:

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Jeg er glad for, at Det Kgl. Bibliotek kan bidrage til at sikre museerne en smidig og effektiv adgang til videnskabelig litteratur. Når forskere og formidlere kan trække på international forskningslitteratur i deres arbejde, styrker det både fagligheden og formidlingen af kulturarven til gavn for hele Danmark.

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Central tool for museums' research

The collaboration between The Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces and Royal Danish Library on document services for museums was established as a pilot project in 2023. It is on the basis of an evaluation of the pilot project that desire to continue the collaboration has been identified.

The evaluation shows that Royal Danish Library's document service has become a central tool in the museums' research and development work. 74 museums have signed up for the scheme, and over 5,000 documents have been delivered during the period – of this 3,481 articles and 1,629 book chapters.

The evaluation also indicates high satisfaction with both delivery time and user-friendliness. Kira Stine Hansen is pleased that the museum employees have received the document service so well:

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I brugerevalueringen peger flere på, at nem og hurtig adgang til eksisterende forskningslitteratur har været afgørende for, at de kunne bidrage med ny forskning på højt niveau. Det er altid positivt, når brugerne tager godt imod vores services, samtidig med at vi som Det Kgl. Bibliotek understøtter arbejdet med ny forskning og derigennem et stærkt videnssamfund.

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