Country: Ireland

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

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
  • 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
Activities you want to do with your sister library:
  • 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