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Šiauliai County Povilas Višinskis Public Library (Lithuania): A European Library Driving Social Change

The Šiauliai County Povilas Višinskis Public Library (ŠAVB) stands out in Lithuania and beyond for its international strategy focused on mobility, partnerships, and innovative education. Through EU-funded programs like Erasmus+ and Creative Europe, library staff continuously expand their competencies and… Continue Reading →

The cooperative language learning initiatives between Panevėžys County (Lithuania) and Chrzanów (Poland) Libraries

The Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library (Lithuania) and its partner, the Chrzanów Public Library (Poland), are working together within their sistership on a campaign to promote library services and activities. As part of this campaign, they have collaborated in… Continue Reading →

Ideas for cooperation

Along the years, the Sister Libraries have been sending the activities they do in cooperation. We have arranged them according to complexity and time consuming.

How can I participate?

The only requirement for participation is being a public library located in one of the participating NAPLE countries or regions and be willing to have a sister library. Currently, the NAPLE countries or regions participating are Belgium, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark,… Continue Reading →

Gamification – the key to attractive cultural activities and adult education in libraries (Povilas Višinskis Šiauliai County Public Library (Lithuania))

“This is new to me. I never thought that through, seemingly childish games, one could encourage a young person to read more books.” This was a common response from most public library specialists from Lithuania, Slovenia, and Latvia, who participated… Continue Reading →

The Language Café has opened in the library (Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library (Lithuania))

On the 16th of May Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library (Lithuania), in order to promote the linguistic education of youth and adults, invited to the first meeting of the Language Café. The library staff who initiated the event were… Continue Reading →

Eventful year in the Iisalmi City Library (Finland)

In our library the year 2022 has been both return to normal and a change to implement projects which we have been eagerly waiting. After two years of restrictions, we finally got the chance to do our Erasmus+ mobilities to… Continue Reading →

INTERVIEW: an Ocean of Opportunities: About The Blue Economy With Tom O. Kleppestø. Coastal Libraries Talking Blue conomy.(from Klaipeda City Municipality Imanuelis Kantas Public Library (Lithuania))

Author: Birutė Andruškaitė, September 22, 2022 Despite knowing that quotes are an old-school tool of expression, I want to start with a excellent quote, underlining the importance of water by Wystan H. Auden: “Thousands have lived without love, not one… Continue Reading →

What is the blue economy, and why is it important? Or: How a library decided to talk about the blue economy? (from Klaipeda City Municipality Imanuelis Kantas Public Library (Lithuania))

First, let’s get acquainted with the term “blue economy” – blue economy sectors include living marine resources, non-living marine resources, renewable marine energy, port operations, shipbuilding and repair, maritime transport, and coastal tourism. And the Green Deal, being a fundamental… Continue Reading →

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