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Number of sistership established: 2

Country: Poland

Contact: Joanna Maksa, Mariusz Paździora - regionalia@mbp.chrzanow.pl

Description: As a municipal library with seven branches we serve users informational, educational and entertainment needs. For the citizens of Chrzanów County we are looking to provide the best possible: • Traditional library services (e.g. books, journals and multimedia, reading room, inter-library loans, information search support, tourist information). • Services made possible by technological advances (e.g. computer courses, digital talking-book players for the blind and print disabled, digital reading subscriptions with e-books, audiobooks and language learning courses). • Services focused on gathering together to learn and to have fun (e.g. culture events, English courses, activities for children and young adults, local history and tradition educational projects, library clubs – book clubs, board games club, movie club, discussion club & others).

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Type of library: Library service with branch libraries

Population served: Between 10.000 and 100.000

Current library programs:
  • Activities for children and young adults
  • Activities for seniors
  • Activities in cooperation with other organizations
  • Art promotion
  • Book presentations (also meeting with authors)
  • Digitalization and Preservation
  • Exhibitions
  • Language courses (and other activities for language learning)
  • Local culture (local heritage)
  • Reading clubs (Book clubs)
  • Reading promotion
  • Technology Literacy (Digital Literacy)
Activities you want to do with your sister library:
  • Exchange of ideas and expertise
  • Exchange of information
  • Exchange of resources
  • Social media

Languages spoken by staff: English, Polish, Danish

Languages spoken by patrons: Polish, English, Ukrainian

Preferred countries for cooperation: No preferences

Searching partners for European program: Yes

Participating in any European Union program: No