The Librarydude!

Remember when libraries were just books and serials? And then we moved into holding larger collections of recorded music, films and digital information and other "non-traditional library" items.

But what about libraries lending people? The library at Malmo in Sweden lends out people for 45 minute sessions. The person "lent" out is a volunteer and can be asked any question from the borrower. The person (otherwise known as the Living Book) does not have to answer all questions and can decide what they wish to say and how far they want to go.

At the moment the Living Books include an Imam, Muslim Women, a Lesbian and Gypsy women. All of these can be "borrowed".

A full transcript and downloadable mp3 copy of the interview from the Enough Rope program from which I learned about this can be found here.