Naple Sister Libraries

National authorities on public libraries in europe

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Diego Gracia

Migrate to Library! A cooperation project funded by the European Comission

Arucas Municipal Library was the first library in Canary Islands (Spain) to join a European project:  LIBRARY. I LOVE IT! (2013-2015) Under the the Grundtvig program of the European Commission, it received a grant of 17.000 euros. In the project, libraries… Continue Reading →

The Edinburgh Fiction Map, an activity from Edinburgh City Libraries

Edinburgh Libraries’ Digital Team have created a Fiction Map of their city. Using the Google Map interface, they have pinpointed stories where they intersect with places in Edinburgh. They’ve discovered that this is a really popular tool for people to discover new… Continue Reading →

IFLA WLIC 2018 call for Papers

IFLA will held their 84th IFLA General Conference and Assembly next 30 August 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Call for papers is now open for the open sessions of the different sections. Deadlines varies from section to section although they’re all… Continue Reading →

2018, European Year of Cultural Heritage

  The European Union has set 2018 as the Year of Cultural Heritage. Highlighting its “universal value for us as individuals, communities and societies”, they aim to raise awareness on the importance of preserving and passing it on to future… Continue Reading →

European Members of the Parliament share their reading recommendations

Pl202 (Public Libraries 2020) is a programme run by the Reading and Writing Foundation, an organization aiming to “prevent and reduce literacy difficulties in the Netherlands and in Europe”. The goal of the Public Libraries 2020 programme is “to raise… Continue Reading →

About books, reading and other stuff: a video from Prelog Municipal Library (Croatia)

This short video was made during our summer multimedia workshops conducted by Shadow casters and their experts. The author is Veno Mušinović and the children in the video are the trainees who helped to film it:  https://youtu.be/w7JqhecXhGk  The basic idea… Continue Reading →

We want to Spread the Word. Will you help us?

Earlier this year we decided to change the image of the Sister Libraries program. We worked on that for a few months and, in May 2017, we launched the new blog. Changes included a new logo and a simplified structure…. Continue Reading →

New Sistership! Illescas Municipal Library (Spain) and Škofja Loka Public Library Ivan Tavčar (Slovenia)

We are happy to announce a new sistership in the program: Illescas Municipal Library (Spain), one of the last incorporations has contacted a very active library in the program:  Škofja Loka Public Library Ivan Tavčar from Slovenia. As a first activity, they’re going to exchange… Continue Reading →

Nuorten näköistä – a project for the young people in Iisalmi at Iisalmi City Library (Finland)

Iisalmi City Library has been implementing a project with local youth services. The aims of this project are developing the co-operation between the library and youth services, survey what kind of activities young people wish from the library and involve… Continue Reading →

IFLA and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Share your story

United Nations have established 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These SDGs are the areas the UN has spotted as key for fighting poverty, inequalities and climate change and is part of their agenda for 2030. IFLA is convinced that access… Continue Reading →

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