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The International Library. A Multilingual Library in Sweden – for a multi-lingual population. Financed by the Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs, Stockholm County Council and Stockholm City Approximately 220.000 volumes in 130 different languages
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The International Library A Multilingual Library in Sweden – for a multi-lingual population
Financed by the Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs, Stockholm County Council and Stockholm City • Approximately 220.000 volumes in 130 different languages • 32 employees, arround 65% with a foreign origine – speak 27 languages
TheImmigrant Library 1991 • “Immigrant languages”, i.e. neither Swedishnor Nordic languages, English, German or French • Services to other libraries • Complementary media support and other services to libraries through depositions and seperate loans and being a resourse for relevant knowledge and developement
TheInternationalLibrary 2000 • “Immigrant languages”, i.e. neither Swedish or Swedish Minority languages, nor Nordic languages, English, German or French • Services to libraries but also a public library • Complementary media support and other services to libraries through depositions and seperate loans and being a resourse for relevant knowledge and developement
National plan for literature support (2006) Library services – a primary municipal responsability An agreement between IBLC and the County libraries on responsability concerning literature support in different languages Every county has the responsabililty for their ”own” languages; IB is complementary on seperate loans
What can be found at the International Library? • Approximatly 220.000 books in 130 languages • Newspapers (185 + Pressdisplay) and magazines (40) • DVD and Video • More then 2500 CDs with world music • Talking books and audio books
Loans 2009 69% fiction 31% non - fiction 74% adult media 26% childrens´ media
Library Activities - Programmes • Language cafées • Authors programmes • Computer workshops • Lectures • Conducted tours • International gatherings organised by an Embassy or international associations
The target group – Children and young adults with other mother tongue then Swedish.
Activities for Children Literature – book talks, conducted tours, creative-writing projects etc The Children’s Book Bus visits ”Saturday Language Schools” Cooperation with mother- tongue teachers Support to libraries and schools The Secret Garden
Why have books in several languages? • Every child who visits the library has the right to find his or her books
Children’s Books in many languages - a project for the Stockholm Public Library • Arabic • English • Bosnien • French • Chinese • Polish • Persian • Russian • Somali • Spanish
The purpose with the Children’s Book Week • to stimulate children with other mother tongue then Swedish to develop reading and writing in their mother tongue • to increase the knowledge amongst librarians, teachers and authors about children’s literature in the chosen countries • To let the invited authors meet their Swedish colleagues and learn more about Children’s literature in Sweden and exchange experiences
Every year since 2004 the International Library has invited a number of authors of Children’s Books from arround the world for a weeks visit to Sweden • 27 authors from 23 different countries have so far visited Sweden during this week
The International Children’s Book Week 2010! • Senait Worku (Ethiopia) • Celestina Maria Fernandes (Angola) • Desbele Mehari (Eritrea) • Bienvenu Sene Mongaba( Kongo-Kinshasa) • Elieshi Lema (Tanzania) • Said Salah (Somalia)