naple sister libraries

A NAPLE programme, 2011-2012

Susana Alegre Landaburu NAPLE Secretariat/ Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport,

Spain

• Programme launched in October 2011 with a call for participation

• Up till now:

11 NAPLE members participating 20 Sisterships accomplished

61 European Public Libraries participating

• Coordinated at NAPLE Secretariat in Madrid

• Every NAPLE country participating has a contact person for their country, they disseminate the call and receive the applications from

libraries in their country

• Website: http://sisterlibrariesnaple.wordpress.com/

Open programme

Libraries can apply at any time

Libraries decide on the content of their sistership

Libraries may or may not sign a formal agreement

Libraries can have as many sister libraries as they want to keep

How can a public library participate?

Only requirement: to be a public library located in one

of the participating countries

BelgiumCroatia

Czech RepublicFinlandIreland

Lithuania

PolandPortugal RomaniaSlovenia Spain 

• Visit http://sisterlibrariesnaple.wordpress.com/ to read all the information:

Call for participationProposals for activitiesModels of agreements

Application form and contact person in every countryList of libraries already participating

Sisterships and a blog with the last news and activities carried out by the libraries

• Visit http://sisterlibrariesnaple.wordpress.com/ to read all the information:

Call for participationProposals for activitiesModels of agreements

Application form and contact person in every countryList of libraries already participating

Sisterships and a blog with the last news and activities carried out by the libraries

Fill in the application form and send it to the contact person in their country

We publish their application and announce their participation

The library contacts or is contacted by other interested participating libraries

Once they agree to be sisters they let us know

They keep us informed on their activities

• Visit http://sisterlibrariesnaple.wordpress.com/ to read all the information:

Call for participationProposals for activitiesModels of agreements

Application form and contact person in every countryList of libraries already participating

Sisterships and a blog with the last news and activities carried out by the libraries

NAPLE SISTERSHIPS

Krapina Public Library (Croatia) – Sant Joan de Vilatorrada Library “Cal

Gallifa” (Spain)

Valença Municipal Library (Portugal) – Piran Civic Library (Slovenia)

Krapina Public Library (Croatia) – Library Tielt-Winge  (Belgium)

Krapina Public Library (Croatia) – Kuusamo City Library (Finland)

Municipal Public Library in Piekary Slaskie (Poland) – Arucas Municipal Library (Spain)

Salamanca Public Library “Torrente Ballester” (Spain) – Lousada

Municipal Library (Portugal)

Municipal Public Library in Piekary Slaskie (Poland) - Vilanova i la Geltru Library “Armand Cardona i Torrandell” (Spain)

Municipal Public Library in Piekary Slaskie (Poland) – Iisalmi City Library (Finland)

Municipal Public Library in Piekary Slaskie (Poland) – Marco Marulic Split City Library (Croatia)

State Public Library of Ciudad Real (Spain) – Dâmboviţa County Library “Ion

Heliade Rădulescu” (Romania)

Piran Civic Library (Slovenia) – Torres Novas Municipal Library “Gustavo Pinto Lopes” (Portugal)

Ljubljana City Library (Slovenia) – Kaunas County Public library (Lithuania)

Valença Municipal Library (Portugal) – Sant Joan de Vilatorrada Library “Cal Gallifa” (Spain)

Public Library in Piekary Slaskie (Poland) – Kiri-kirjastot Library(Finland).

Torres Novas Municipal Library “Gustavo Pinto Lopes”(Portugal) – State Public

Library of Ciudad Real (Spain)

Ljubljana City Library (Slovenia) – Regional Public Library Krakow (Poland)

Valença Municipal Library (Portugal) – Kuusamo City Library(Finland)

Municipal Library Český Těšín (Czech Republic) – Daruvar Public Library (Croatia)

Public Library “Fran Galovic” in Koprivnica (Croatia) –Sastamala Public Library (Finland)

Aveiro Municipal Library (Portugal) – Regional Public Library Krakow (Poland)

Municipal Public Library in Piekary Slaskie (Poland): 5 

Valença Municipal Library (Portugal): 3

Krapina Public Library (Croatia) : 3

Kuusamo City Library (Finland): 2

Regional Public Library Krakow (Poland): 2

Sant Joan de Vilatorrada Library “Cal Gallifa” (Spain): 2

State Public Library of Ciudad Real (Spain): 2

Torres Novas Municipal Library “Gustavo Pinto Lopes” (Portugal): 2

Some examples of the first activities:

• Arucas Municipal Library (Spain) & Municipal Piekary Slaskie Library (Poland): Book Day, reading clubs

• Piekary Śląskie Library has invited their 5 sister libraries to participate in an art competition for children. The competition is for children up to the age of 13, who frequent the Sister

Libraries in Split (Croatia), Haapavesi and Iisalmi (Finland), Arucas and Vilanova i la Geltru (Spain).

• Piekary Śląskie Library has also interchanged books, DVDs, CDs and other materials about their cities and libraries with their sisters.

• Krapina Public Library (Croatia): Published in website, television and newspapers,t hey have also sent a textual and pictorial story on the history and monuments for their sister

libraries Tielt-Winge (Belgium) and Sant Joan de Vilatorrada (Spain). They have also received materials from them.

How can a NAPLE member

country participate?

Let us know

Designate someone/yourself to be the contact in your country and send us his/her email adress

We make the announcement that your country is participating both in Sister Libraries Website and NAPLE Blog

You/person in charge do the dissemination of the programme in your own country in the way you deem best (announcements in listservs, blogs,

websites, etc.) referring to Sister Libraries Website.

Your tasks

Do the dissemination of the call for participation

Be the contact person in your country, libraries will send their applications to you and you forward them to us

Stay in touch with us and the libraries to follow their developments

Suggestions?Proposals?Questions?

Thank you very much to all NAPLE participants from NAPLE Secretariat!

María Antonia Carrato Mena

Concha Vilariño Periáñez

Susana Alegre Landaburu

Begoña Ricote Ricote