By 2010 at the latest, librarians had developed a huge appetite for new formats: both in the area of continuing education and, more generally, for professional events. There is an increasingly urgent need nowadays for librarians to get together in informal settings to generate ideas – irrespective of their seniority levels or the libraries to which they belong. On the Web, blogs are beginning to give wings to professional discourse.
Blogs, BibCamps, Lightning Talks: Librarian Communication in Flux
January 23, 2012 — goethelonPublishing in Germany: An Overview
January 4, 2012 — goethelon
Germany boasts an extremely sophisticated and efficient publishing infrastructure that perfectly meets the needs of the entire reading public: people who read for pleasure, those with a thirst for knowledge, and academics and researchers.
The Book Cube. The New City Library in Stuttgart
November 30, 2011 — goethelon
Architecturally speaking, Stuttgart’s new city library is a real eye-catcher. Designed to appear from the outside as an austere stronghold of knowledge, inside it reveals itself to be a spectacular kingdom of books. More importantly, however, the building is a striking endorsement in an era of digitization of the physical – as opposed to the virtual – library.
New trends in European Children’s Libraries: telling the tale – Seminar in London
September 22, 2011 — Instituto Cervantes Londres
21 November 2011
At a time when libraries’ educative mission is endangered and children’s literacy is declining, European experts present ideas and innovations for children’s libraries.
This one day seminar is organised by Eurolis (http://eurolis.wordpress.com), the consortium of librarians of European Cultural Institutes in London and CILIP. The speakers will come from library services in the following European countries – UK, Germany, France, Portugal and Spain.
Find out
- How to innovate in your children’s library on a low budget
- Which partners you can work with
- About the crucial trends regarding children’s literature, reading and literacy in the UK and Europe
- Best practice of what works and what doesn’t.
Programme: Download the full programme + Speakers’ CVs and abstracts
Papers: Download speakers’ Powerpoint presentations:
Children’s Libraries – Inspiring Readers, Connecting Communities, Annie Everall, Consultant and Trainer, United Kingdom
La Petite Bibliotheque Ronde, Caroline Simon, La Petite Bibliothèque Ronde, France
Eurotoolbox, John Lake, Eurolis
Learning to read before you walk: Portuguese libraries for babies and toddlers, Ana Margarida Ramos, University of Aveiro, Portugal.
New roles in new reading contexts, Elisa Yuste Turero, Fundacion German Sanchez Ruiperez, Salamanca, Spain.
Venue: Institut Français du Royaume-Uni, 17 Queensberry Place – London SW7 2DT
Date: Monday, November 21st, 9.15 am – 4.30 pm
Fee: £60 (concessions* £40) including lunch and drinks
Registrations:Download and send the registration form to library@ambafrance.org.uk and pay online at https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/book
Or send form + payment to: Institut Français du Royaume-Uni, la Médiathèque, 17 Queensberry Place, LONDON SW7 2DT
Deadline for payments: November 14th 2011
Further information:library@ambafrance.org.uk Tel.: +44 (0)20 7073 1374.
* Concessions for students, unemployed, retired and groups comprising more than five people.
Under One Roof: Libraries and Their Education Partners
September 6, 2011 — goethelon
The public debate on lifelong learning has resulted in new forms of cooperation between further education and cultural institutions in many of Germany’s cities – with more and more of them operating under one roof.
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