The IFLA Section on Metropolitan Libraries has the pleasure to announce the 3rd IFLA Metropolitan Libraries Short Film Award for 2018, sponsored by the Free Library of Philadelphia and Pikes Peak Library District. The award is part of A Corto di libri, a contest for short films about libraries and librarians, organized by Associazione Italiana […]
Read moreBy Guest Blogger, Eric Boekesteijn As soon as I enter the room I can feel the looks. ‘Who is that? What does she want?’ I am in a classroom of a high school for VMBO (preparatory middle vocational education) pupils. By no means an easy target group when it comes to reading and reading enjoyment. […]
Read moreBy Guest Blogger Eric Boekesteijn How do you prevent students from getting distracted during studying and transform the library into a successful place for studying? Frank Verbeek from the Public Library of Amsterdam knows the solution. The experiment Ten o’clock in the morning. A room filled with tables, arranged in classroom fashion. Behind these tables […]
Read moreBy Guest Blogger, Eric Boekesteijn Score a book! is a reading project for primary school pupils aged 8-10. Encouraged by players from Dutch professional teams, the children read as many books as they can during a period. A formula that catches on. ‘Jolanda, come see this!’ It is Saturday morning and when entering the Library Veendam […]
Read moreAn friend told me to read a blog from Susan Brown, Chap Hill Library, North Carolina USA. The titel was: Are we solving a library problem ? Or are we helping solve a community problem? This is so close to my how my work has been the last months .Talking to the police, guardians, social […]
Read moreAwarded by the IFLA and the IT company Systematic which sponsors it, this award is presented to the best new public library anywhere in the world in terms of focus on community needs, local culture and digital development. The award goes to a public library that is either newly built or set up in premises that have […]
Read moreLast week I have been to some nice, inspirng and interesting meetings. On meeting was about literacy in Sweden comparing to the Netherlandes. Adriaan Langendok from IFLA s Section for Literacy and Reading talked about Bookstart works in the Netherlandes.To representatives from the Swedish Art Council spoke about the new possibilities to work with literacy […]
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