Tooting Library
Country: England
Contact: Heather Shepherd (Library Manager). Email: tooting.library@gll.org
Description: A busy high street library in a vibrant multi cultural suburb of South London
Type of library: Metropolitan
Population served: Between 10.000 and 100.000
Current library programs:
- 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
- Library services for people with special needs
- Lifelong Learning programs
- Literary workshops
- Storytelling
Activities you want to do with your sister library:
- Activities for children and young adults
- Activities for seniors
- Cooperation with other organizations
- Exchange of ideas and expertise
- Exchange of information
- Promotion of local culture
- Reading clubs
- Storytelling
Languages spoken by staff: English. Urdu, Swahili.
Languages spoken by patrons: Wide range of languages spoken in local population, prdominently Tamil, Urdu, Somali, Polish, Spanish
Preferred countries for cooperation: Any
Searching partners for European program: No
Participating in any European Union program: Yes
