Hello

Here in Sweden the government has unexpectedly decided to

make a committment to strenghthen  the Public Libraries for 3 years.

The Swedish CulturalCouncil is commissioned to allocate SEK 225

million.This is still great news among Public libraries that offer great

opportunities for strenghthen and developing our libraries.

I,m a Library Director in Hässleholms municipality and we have not yet decide what we want to do and what to write in our application.But I,m thinking about developed on more branch library to a library with self- service and open 77 hours  every week.We just have one library

with this service. We will se but I,m sure that many new good library

activities will come. It will be exting to follow this development in our Public Libraries in Sweden During the next  3 years.

Anette Mjöberg , Hässleholms Public Library, Sweden