Library structure in Norway & The Multilingual Library

1. Library structure in Norway& The Multilingual Library Oddbjørn Hansen Librarian

2. Library structure in Norway

3. The multicultural Norway 2013 • 700.000 immigrants = 14% of the population • Substantial immigration since 2005 from EU member countries such as Lithuania, Poland and Romania • 28% of Oslo’s population have an immigrant background. In 2040 estimated to reach 47% • There are immigrants in all municipalities in Norway

4. The Multilingual Library is a centre of expertise for multilingual library services • 13 employees from Norway, Poland, Argentina, Pakistan, Iraq, and other countries • 25 freelance staff with diverse language expertise • Collection of 130,000 books, CDs, DVDs in 47 languages

5. What you can borrow from us • Books • Audiobooks • Films • Music • Language courses • Computer games

6. Most borrowed languages from The ML in 2012 • Urdu • Russian • Arabic • Polish • Farsi • Somali • Spanish • Vietnamese • Turkish • Thai • Lithuanian • Tamil • Tigrinya • Sorani • Chinese

7. Borrowing a depot

8. Travelling exhibitions • The world of Astrid Lindgren • I speak football • Wedding customs around the world • A journey through Islamic art • Russlandia

9. Supported by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants and co-financed by the Polish funds.