Western Isles Libraries
Country: Scotland
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Contact: Renee Mason / renee.mason@cne-siar.gov.uk
Description: Leabharlainn nan Eileen Siar (Western Isles Libraries) provides public and school library services for Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Western Isles) in Scotland. We have 4 branch libraries in Stornoway (Isle of Lewis), Tarbert (Isle of Harris), Lionaclete (Uist) and Castlebay (Barra). We also have 2 mobile libraries serving Lewis/Harris and Uist/Benbecula.
Type of library: Library service with branch libraries
Population served: Between 10.000 and 100.000
- Activities for children and young adults
- Activities for seniors
- Activities in cooperation with other organizations
- Book presentations (also meeting with authors)
- Conferences and seminars
- Culture promotion
- Digitalization and Preservation
- Exhibitions
- Handcraft workshops
- Health Literacy (healthcare workshops…)
- Language courses (and other activities for language learning)
- Library services for people with special needs
- Lifelong Learning programs
- Literacy
- Literary workshops
- Local culture (local heritage)
- Reading clubs (Book clubs)
- Reading promotion
- Storytelling
- Sustainable development
- Technology Literacy (Digital Literacy)
- Unemployment
- Cooperation with other organizations
- Digitalization and Preservation
- Exchange of ideas and expertise
- Exchange of information
- Exhibitions
- Joint conferences and seminars
- Joint publications
- Literacies (non-formal education)
- Professional visits
- Promotion of local culture
- Promotion of multiculturalism and multilingualism
- Social media
- Staff interchange
- Staff training
- Storytelling
Languages spoken by staff: English, Scottish Gaelic, German, Romanian
Languages spoken by patrons: English, Scottish Gaelic
Preferred countries for cooperation: We would like to work with libraries who also serve minority language communities
Searching partners for European program: No
Participating in any European Union program: No