Application deadline: 2009 September 15th
For the twelfth year in a row libraries are invited to join the project Nordic Library Week. This traditional festival of light and literature aims to unite libraries across the
All types of libraries are welcome to participate: school, public, university, rural, city, county and special libraries. The online registration is open until September 15th at http://bibliotekusavaite.norden.lt.
“Nordic Library Week brings back the tradition of story telling and reading aloud, which was very common in the Nordic countries. That was how people used to spend long autumn and winter evenings”, - the organizers of the Library Week tell.
The main idea of this project is to promote literature and book reading through organizing culture events and gatherings on a selected theme in libraries. The project aims to strengthen Nordic-Baltic culture cooperation with the focus on library’s role in society.
The theme of this year War and Peace in the Nordic Countries was chosen because of several reasons. This year it is 200 years since
Last year nearly 200 Lithuanian libraries took part in the Library Week, and the events of the week in
The Nordic Library Week has been taking place in the Baltic countries since 1998. The participation of Lithuanian libraries is coordinated by the Nordic Council of Ministers Office in
For information on the Nordic Library Week in Lithuania, contact:
Project coordinator Brigita Urmanaite
Adviser for culture
Tel. +370 5 212 36 95/ 212 22 11
E-mail:
, www.norden.lt
