Librarian news from the UK

 

Read here an interesting story about Libraries across the world – the rise of the “Super Library”.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/0/23976745

 

Babies to be registered with library cards at birth in some parts of the UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/8665564.stm

Michael Rosen discusses the story of the UK library system.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039v4gx

Biblioteca do Vapor

The Casa do Vapor will have its own library with initiatives to foster the spread of reading habits. The promoters of this project are the Portuguese General Direction of Archives (DGALB) and the Casa Azul Association, a brazillian organization that manages the International Literary Fair of Paraty (FLIP), the largest literature festival in Latin America. 

For the whole post follow this link.

The meeting in Cornwall

 

The ELLA project had the latest meeting in the UK hosted by Point Europe between 31 March - 3 April 2014. Among project issues the participants had meetings and presentations at the Torpoint Community Public Library and in the Truro Librar.

The aims of the mobility were to discuss, witness and observe best practice in method, training and competences. This was presented in a local and regional level and a rural and city/urban context. Community settings and educational settings.