{"id":2015,"date":"2022-09-26T15:09:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T14:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:09:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T14:09:52","slug":"iflasystematic-public-library-of-the-year-award-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/2022\/09\/26\/iflasystematic-public-library-of-the-year-award-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"IFLA\/Systematic Public Library of the Year Award 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/files\/2022\/09\/Sander-200x300-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"A white man with a blue shirt and navy jacket\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Sander van Kempen, IFLA Public Libraries Section and member of the 2022 judges panel for the award writes:<\/h5>\n<h5>\u201cWhat a great public library of the year award it was this year! It was so great to have a live and in person award ceremony and I enjoyed it so much.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wnv8vu9aWBM\">You can watch a recording of the event on You Tube<\/a>.<\/h5>\n<p>I was honoured to ask the short listed libraries a question. I am part of the jury as well as part of the IFLA SC public libraries and found it very tough to choose a winner. I think the entire short listed libraries are winners. They are all very different and beautiful libraries and all deserve a visit. See the short list below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Missoula Library, United States, winner!<\/li>\n<li>Ogre Library, Latvia<\/li>\n<li>Gellerup Library, Denmark<\/li>\n<li>Itra Library, Saudi Arabia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also find out more about the short list here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/systematic.com\/en-gb\/industries\/library-learning\/news-knowledge\/news\/four-impressive-libraries-nominated-for-the-public-library-of-the-year-2022-award\/\">Four impressive libraries nominated for the Public Library of the Year 2022 award (systematic.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also find more information about the winner here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/systematic.com\/en-gb\/industries\/library-learning\/news-knowledge\/news\/world-s-best-new-public-library-found\/\">World\u2019s best new public library found (systematic.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It gave me a lot of energy to be part of the process and I look forward to next years award. As you may know there were a total of 20 libraries from 18 countries that applied to the public library of the year award 2022 and if you think the short list consists of different libraries, think again!<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to share the entire list of applicants for the award because there are many other fascinating libraries that deserve the recognition, so see below the list of 20 applications of the award in alphabetical order:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bibliotecavirtual.diba.cat\/en\/sant-climent-de-llobregat-biblioteca-ca-l-altisent\">Biblioteca de Sant Climent de Llobregat, Spain<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlb.gov.sg\/main\/visit-us\/our-libraries-and-locations\/libraries\/choa-chu-kang-public-library\">Choa Chu Kang Public Library, Singapore<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cmpl.org\/\">Clinton-Macomb Public Library North Branch, USA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.longfordlibrary.ie\/find-your-library\/edgeworthstown-branch-library\/\">Edgeworthstown Community Library, Ireland<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ormanya.com\/orman-kutuphanesi-345\">Forest Library (Orman K\u00fct\u00fcphanesi), Turkey<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aakb.dk\/bibliotek\/gellerup\">Gellerup Library, Aarhus Public Libraries, Denmark<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sitios.congresogto.gob.mx\/biblioteca\/index.php?p=I\">Guanajuato State Congress Library, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ithra.com\/en\/about-us\/library\/\">Ithra Library, Saudi Arabia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lacina Diarrassouba, Ivory Coast<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mplfund.com\/\">Misr Public Library (MPL) (Ezbet El Borg), Egypt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missoulapubliclibrary.org\/\">Missoula Public Library, USA<\/a>\u00a0*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bibliotecasmedellin.gov.co\/parque-biblioteca-nuevo-occidente-lusitania\/\">Nuevo Occidente Library Park, Lusitania, Colombia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocb.lv\/\">Ogre Central Library, Latvia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/burgaslib.bg\/\">Peyo K. Yavorov Regional Library, Bulgaria<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sanshui Library, China<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shirak.reglib.am\/\">Shirak Regional Library SNCO,\u00a0Republic of Armenia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nypl.org\/locations\/snfl\">Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, New York, USA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tagumcity.gov.ph\/?fbclid=IwAR0-Ezcyfkg7X3gHRwpXdq1qcjoU9Xp3W1326U_-4E-czqaCymybowjPgS4\">Tagum City Library and Learning Commons, Philippines<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/pages\/library.aspx?library=73\">Te Paataka Koorero o Takaanini, Takaanini Library &amp; Community Hub, New Zealand<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/130115.samanpl.ir\/\">Yazd Central Library, Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I look forward to the award ceremony in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2023.ifla.org\/\">Rotterdam<\/a>\u00a0next year. Hopefully we will have some great applications from all over the world again and a much deserved winner.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Sander van Kempen<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Member of SC Public Libraries and member of jury of the public library of the year award.<\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sander van Kempen, IFLA Public Libraries Section and member of the 2022 judges panel for the award writes: \u201cWhat a great public library of the year award it was this year! It was so great to have a live and in person award ceremony and I enjoyed it so much.\u00a0You can watch a recording of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1052,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1052"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2016,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015\/revisions\/2016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}