Country: Croatia

Contact: Robert Fritz, gkc@vt.t-com.hr

Description: The Virovitica Public Library was established in 1947, inheriting a reading room tradition in Virovitica that dates back to the 19th century. Today, we are the county’s central library, with 18 employees, a library collection of around 107,000 items, a mobile library service, full-day opening hours, approximately 4,500 active members, and 11,000 users. The purpose of our work is to provide all citizens with access to knowledge and information, and to promote reading, lifelong learning, and social inclusion. The library’s vision is focused on community development through education, culture, heritage, and creative content accessible to all generations.

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Type of library: Metropolitan

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)
  • Conferences and seminars
  • Culture promotion
  • Debates
  • Digitalization and Preservation
  • Erasmus+
  • Exhibitions
  • Language courses (and other activities for language learning)
  • Library services for people with special needs
  • Lifelong Learning programs
  • Literacy
  • Local culture (local heritage)
  • Reading clubs (Book clubs)
  • Reading promotion
  • Science Literacy
  • Sustainable development
Activities you want to do with your sister library:
  • Activities for children and young adults
  • Exchange of ideas and expertise
  • Information Literacy programs
  • Joint conferences and seminars
  • Lifelong Learning programs
  • Reading clubs
  • Reading promotion
  • Staff interchange

Languages spoken by staff: english

Languages spoken by patrons: english

Preferred countries for cooperation: Spain, Portugal, England, Lithuania, Czech Republic

Searching partners for European program: Yes

Participating in any European Union program: Yes