A reminder about MetLib’s A corto di libri, the Section’s international short film contest about libraries, organized in partnership with AIB, the Italian Library Association. To date entries have been received from Argentina, Australia, Croatia and Italy. Five more will arrive in the next few days. The deadline is April 30. If you want to have […]
Read moreEIFL has announced its Public Library Innovation Award – for Public libraries improving people’s lives. They are seeking excellent services that tackle issues included in the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, for example, health, employment, agriculture, education, climate change, and others. The call is open to all public libraries in developing and transition economy countries. The prize […]
Read moreThe Danish Agency for Culture has announced the Systematic Public Library of the Year Award 2016. The winner will be presented at the IFLA annual Congress in Columbus, US in August 2016. The award for best public library in the world 2016 will again this year be given to a library that is either newly […]
Read moreRecently, my staff and I embarked on a journey with the goal to redesign our library space to meet future needs. In this process, we made extensive use of the so-called four space model, which offers a framework for discussions of new values of the public library and as a tool for designing, developing, and […]
Read moreThe role of the library is changing and that calls for buildings old or new that meet the new needs. But where do you start if you are planning a new library, rebuilding an existing library or are interested in redesigning your library or part of a library?
Read moreThe Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has released a revised edition of its Competencies for Librarians Serving Children in Public Libraries. ALSC recommends these core competencies to all children’s librarians and other library staff whose primary duties include delivering library service to and advocating […]
Read moreHow are libraries performing in the social web? Which library is on Facebook, which one on Google+, too, and how many libraries twitter? Has my library more fans on Facebook than the library xyz? Since 2011 the Leibniz Information Centre for Economics—located in Kiel and Hamburg—collects daily data and draws up monthly overviews on the […]
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