New library! Meet Panevėžys County Library Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė (Lithuania)

We are very happy to announce that we have a new library in the programme, the 8th Lithuanian library to join NAPLE Sister Libraries. Panevėžys County Library Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė is the main library in the northeast of Lithuania. In their own words, they “would like to cooperate with libraries which are on their way in...

Summer in the Osijek City and University Library

The Department for Children and Youth at the Osijek City and University Library  has organized a number of interesting activities this year, for the twentieth year in a row, for those who are interested in attending different creative workshops. In addition to the inevitable entertainment and social gathering, the "Summer in the Library" program aims to stimulate...

New Croatian Library! Meet City and University Library of Osijek

We are very happy to announce that we have a new library in the programme, the 19th Croatian library to join NAPLE Sister Libraries. City and University Library of Osijek is the only library in Croatia with dual function: public/city library and university/scientific library developed as multi-purpose facility. They are very strong in activities for...

TEDTalks at the library backyard: a summer activity from Public library Fran Galović

  Since 2013 Public library "Fran Galović“ Koprivnica, (Croatia) has had a license for  organising the TEDxKoprivnicaLibrary conferences as the first public library  in EU. So far, TEDxKoprivnicaLibrary conferences have been held 10 times. This program is recognized as a “must attend” event that provides a suite of short, carefully prepared talks, demonstrations and performances...

New Croatian Library! Meet Prelog Municipal Library

We are very happy to announce that we have a new library in the programme, the 18th Croatian library to join NAPLE Sister Libraries. Prelog Municipal Library is situated in the small town of Prelog and serves a population of 8.000 inhabitants. They are very active, holding a wide range of activities from a local...

Discover Yourself in 3D City, a project from Kaunas Municipal Library Vincas Kudirka (Lithuania)

"Kaunas Municipal Library Vincas Kudirka‘ project "Discover Yourself in 3D City“ creates new opportunities for young people to learn about technology, raises awareness about careers in technology and technical engineering, organize site visits to technology fairs and companies, and work experience internships for their learners. Target group of this project is young people aged from 14...

Lithuanian libraries challenge their readers

Gražina Lamanauskienė, national representative of the Sister Libraries program in Lithuania, has sent us a text about this activity designed for public libraries in the summer: June 15 – August 31, 2017 the action “The Challenge of Reading” takes place in Lithuania. This is a fun game, whose gist is to fulfill 10 reading assignments during...

Youth Talk, an event organised by Biržai Municipality Public Library “Jurgis Bielinis” (Lithuania)

  United Nation’s "World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development" is celebrated every 21th May, and was adopted by a resolution of the UN General Assembly, in 2002. In their own words”acceptance and recognition of cultural diversity – in particular through innovative use of media and Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) – are...

New Lithuanian Library! Meet Kaunas Municipal Library Vincas Kudirka

We are very happy to announce that we have a new library in the programme, the 7th Lithuanian library to join NAPLE Sister Libraries. Kaunas Municipal Library Vincas Kudirka is a metropolitan library serving the second largest city in Lithuania, Kaunas, with a population of around 400.000. They are very active in social media, managing...