Monthly Archive for December, 2016

Return literary tour – Can Llaurador

Ivana Ares Seijo, library director Can Llaurador library in Teià has created a literary tour based on the young adult series Retrum, by Francesc Miralles. The books deal with the adventures of Christian, a teenager living in Teià, when he meets a group of Gothic youngsters who want to communicate […]

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Renew or die: the information literacy skills of the Public Libraries of Sabadell

Authors: Children and Young People Teamwork of the Public Libraries of Sabadell (Barcelona, Spain) http://sabadell.cat/bims/ Facebook: https://ca-es.facebook.com/bibliotequesmunicipalsdesabadell Twitter: @bibliotequesSBD Sabadell is a city –near Barcelona— with 208.300 inhabitants and it has a network of seven public libraries. The Children and Young People teamwork of Public Libraries of Sabadell started in […]

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We Are All Readers, We Are All Artists. Sculpture and Reading in the Library Clarà De Barcelona

  Author: Mont Sureda. Clarà Library Director. Consorci de Biblioteques de Barcelona suredarm@diba.cat www.barcelona.cat/bibclara http://www.barcelona.cat/bibclara The Clara Library , located in the city of Barcelona has created a new centre of interest in sculpture, due to the origins of the building where it is located (old workshop and House of […]

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Partnerships: Creating a new vision for libraries

Registration for the 2017 IFLA MetLib Conference in Montreal is now open!   The event will be held from April 30, 5 pm, to May 5, noon, in Montréal, at the Grande Bibliothèque (475 De Maisonneuve Blvd East, Montréal, Québec, Canada). Montréal will be celebrating the 375th anniversary of its […]

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Wide open: Read and read wide open/De Bat a Bat: Llegir i Llegir-se

  Authors: Carla Canongia  and Marta Puig ( Xarxa de Biblioteques Municipals. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bibliotequesXBM/ Twitter: @bibliotequesxbm Wide open: Read and read is a new resource designed to facilitate the work with young people from 12 to 16 years through picture books; a universe where art, literature and philosophy go hand […]

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Indigenous Spaces in Library Places

The State Library of New South Wales (NSW) in Sydney (Australia) recently launched Indigenous Spaces in Library Places a strategy to provide Indigenous services across the State’s public library network. The program’s goal is to create interest and awareness on the way libraries across the state can engage and support Indigenous […]

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EIFL launches 2017 Public Library Innovation Awards

Our friends at EIFL have announced a new EIFL Public Library Innovation Award – for public library services that improve lives. All public and community libraries in developing and transition economy countries may apply. The deadline for applications is 27 January 2017. Libraries that apply must use information and communication […]

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