Bray Library
Country: Ireland
Contact: Vita Coleman vcoleman@wicklowcoco.ie
Description: Bray Library is a Carnegie Library, and a branch of Wicklow County Council Library service. Our current membership is 5,500 patrons. We offer a wide range of events including children's storytime sessions, junior and adult book clubs, Comic Clubs, Harp Meditation sessions, Seed & Plant Swaps, Healthy living talks, and Irish language speaking circle, and seasonal events. We have six members of library staff.
Type of library: Metropolitan
Population served: Between 10.000 and 100.000
- Activities for children and young adults
- Activities for migrants
- Activities for seniors
- Activities in cooperation with other organizations
- Art promotion
- Book presentations (also meeting with authors)
- Celebration of ephemeris (Day of the library
- Culture promotion
- Exhibitions
- Handcraft workshops
- Health Literacy (healthcare workshops…)
- Language courses (and other activities for language learning)
- Library services for people with special needs
- Literary workshops
- Local culture (local heritage)
- Music
- Reading clubs (Book clubs)
- Reading promotion
- Science Literacy
- Storytelling
- Sustainable development
- Technology Literacy (Digital Literacy)
- The EU week
- Digital Literacy
- Exchange of ideas and expertise
- Exchange of resources
- Exhibitions
- Information Literacy programs
- Literacies (non-formal education)
- Reading promotion
- Staff interchange
Languages spoken by staff: English, Ukrainian,
Languages spoken by patrons: English, Irish, Ukrainian, Russian, Arabic, Polish, French, Italian, Spanish, Georgian, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, etc
Preferred countries for cooperation: Denmark, Iceland, Sweden
Searching partners for European program: Yes
Participating in any European Union program: Yes