Monthly Archive for August, 2015

EIFL Public Library Innovation Award

EIFL is calling for applications for the EIFL Public Library Innovation Award for public library services contributing to literacy. The call is open to public and community libraries in developing and transition countries that use information and communication technology (ICT) in creative ways to improve literacy of children or adults. […]

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Library Spaces – Real and Digital

Call for Papers: Library Spaces – Real and Digital Library Congress in Leipzig (Germany) 2016 Speakers from abroad are explicitly encouraged to submit presentations to the congress. For this purpose, financial support can be applied for at BII – Bibliothek & Information International ( Library & Information International). The program […]

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Cologne Public Library Honoured

Congratulations to the Cologne Public Library has been named 2015 Library of the Year award by the Deutsche Bibliotheksverband (dbv) (German Library Association). The award, Germany’s highest honor for libraries, will be bestowed at a ceremony on Saturday, October 24, 2015, on the “Tag der Bibliotheken” (the German national Library Day). […]

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Libraries as Gigahubs

The latest issue of TITL has a great article on the Library White Space Project.  This project capitalises on the existing physical infrastructure represented by the public libraries, as well as their importance as an information hub in communities, to act as a Wi-Fi portal using technology that can be […]

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