The Spanish Association of Reading and Writing (AELE) organized the 20th European Conference on Literacy and Sixth Iberoamerican Forum on Literacy and Learning. Both events took place in Madrid (Spain) from 3 to 6 July, 2017. The European Conference is organized in collaboration with the International Development in Europe Committee (IDEC) of the International Literacy... Continue Reading →
Srđan Lukačević, from the Osijek City and University Library (Croatia) has sent us information about this activity for seniors: The Osijek City and University Library is a constituent of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, acting as a dual function library: the central public library of the City of Osijek and Osijek-Baranja County and the... Continue Reading →
Library by the water In the summer months the possibility of reading is provided for the visitors of Kolezija and Kodeljevo waterparks. At each swimming pool they can choose from 200 books and journals, especially selected for adults, adolescents and children. Both collections are rearranged and supplemented on a weekly basis, and the bathers are... Continue Reading →
Ana Dadic, national representative of Croatia for the Sister Libraries Program, has sent us information about the summer activities from Požega Public Library. Ana explains they haven't joined the program yet, but are seriously thinking about it! 2017 is the 5th year in a row that Požega Public Library and Reading Room has organized Library... Continue Reading →
Temperatures are rising above 30° Celsius and Vodice Public Library has put together a list of recommended titles for summer reading, where everyone will find something for themselves: Recommendations for adults. In addition, throughout the summer in the multimedia hall you can see art exhibitions: “Kameni rukopis” by Krešimir Radas, final exhibition of members of... Continue Reading →
On June 24th the director of Public Library "Viktor Car Emin" Opatija, Mrs Suzana Šturm-Kržić, accompanied by two librarians, set out on a journey to Ireland to finally meet in person their sister library in Galway. We left warm Croatian weather to arrive to 15 degrees colder Dublin. On the way to our destination, we... Continue Reading →
The Picture Book Festival, "The Guardians of the Stories“ aims to emphasize the importance of reading as one of the most significant lifelong activities. The list of all the activities can be found on the Library's website. The program of the Festival is available through the Program link. Osijek City and University Library in cooperation with... Continue Reading →
The exhibition “Valovi topline” (Heat waves) was opened in Vodice Public Library on July 14th. This is the twelfth exhibition organized by members of the Hungarian art colony "Sarlot Lavanda" that is being held in our library in the last five years. The colony is home to well-liked Hungarian professional artists, as well as amateurs,... Continue Reading →
Another activity from Public library Fran Galović (Croatia), who has been very committed in sending us the activities they have planned for this summer. Dijana Sabolović-Krajina, director of the library, explains this activity: The Digital Lab is a new IT program where kids can learn what the BBC micro:bits are, how to use interesting web 2.0 tools... Continue Reading →
