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International BUZZ FESTIVALde Bib Leuven & ZB Planbureau en Bibliotheek van Zeeland

Day 2 – morningOctober 12th, 2019

Welcome in Leuven!

A wonderful warm welcome!

by

Ilke Verhelle,

projectmanager Hikkies.

leuven.bibliotheek.be

Program

• 9.30 Welcome with coffee and tea

• 10.00 Introduction by Ilke Verhelle, projectmanager Hikkies.

• 10.10 Video message from Paul Collard, CEO of Creativity, Culture and Education

Dieter Deplancke and Sofie Missorten - mobile libraries work in the town of Leuven

• 10.25 Kristof Steeno, The connecting Function of mobile Libraries in multicultural Neighbourhoods

• 10.45 Ine Wendt, How can Reading Consultants promote Children’s Pleasure in reading and what Role can mobile Libraries take up?

• 11.05 Gerhard Jäger, Building Bridges with mobile Libraries – supporting reading Consultants, Teachers and Children’s reading Supporters.

• 11.30 Colleagues from Hungary and Portugal - Reflection


Video message

Paul Collard, CEO of Creativity, Culture

and Educationleuven.bibliotheek.be

Mobile Library in the town of Leuven

Sofie Missorten

Dieter Deplancke

Public City Library of Leuven


De Bib Leuven The library of Leuven

• In the city centreDe Bib Leuven Tweebronnen

• In the suburbs• de Bib Leuven Kessel-Lo

• de Bib Leuven Heverlee

• de Bib Leuven Wilsele

• de Bib Leuven Mobile library - Bibliobus

• de Bib Leuven Pop-up at festivals, in parks, …

• Bib at home

• Spelotheek

• Two Prison library service points in Leuven Centraal and Hulpgevangenis


In numbers (2018)

Visitor in the main library (centre library)

• 8 to 10.000/week

• 450.718/year(numbers of the other libraries not yet available)

Loans in the network of de Bib Leuven

• Total: 1.158.198

• Active members: 27.297

Visit

• once a month or more: 76,6%

• once a week or more: 19,3%

• sometimes: 4,1%

Carried by

• 60 staffmembers

• 106 volunteers

De Bib LeuvenIt’s all about

• Discoveringcontemporary physical en digital collection

• Developpingempowerment of talent and knowledge

• Meeting (third place)people of all kind, partners, …

(cultural, social, …)

• Relaxingexperiencing culture, literature in the living

room of the city

Mobile library … why?

Libraries are

• a basic right for everyone!

• doors to a world of information, art, literature, other people, diversity, …

• necessary to form your own opinion.

We are convinced that a library is a much needed part of the community.

Necessity of a library nearby:

The distance people are willing to go.

Go to another library, if you don’t find it in own library close by? (research 2018)

• No: 50%• Less than 5km: 26,2%• Less than 10km: 3,5%


Mobile libraryCurrent situation > Bibliobus

• 9 neighbourhoods/week

• 27 schools and 11 kindergarten /month (5600 children)

• Collection is mostly focused on children and youth


Mobile libraryBib@home

• For people who can’t reach the library forseveral reasons …

• Volunteers get in touch and bring books, CD’s, DVD’s they prefer.

No matter the situation, people shouldhave acces to books, music, …


• Discover the possibilities of the library.

• Reading spots at unexpected locations.

• Possible to adapt in every different project.

• Very low threshold.


Mobile libraryPop Up Bib

Mobile libraryStill a part of the future strategy of the library of Leuven!

Aim of the citypolicy 2020 – 2025: The city strengthens its library as a place (house/home) of information, literature, culture and meeting.De Bib Leuven = library in our building, the bus, the pop-up, the prisonspoints, the @home-project, …

A library must • stay close to the neighbourhood• stay close to people• be customized and open to a divers society• …


Mobile libraryChallenges for the next years.

• Sustainable transport for mobile libraries >> environment

• Collection for youth and adults

• Other functions in the mobile libraryto empower the neighbourhood


• Keep the focus on the need of mobile and neighbourhood-libraries

• Balanced relation betweencity-, small and mobile libraries

• More collaboration withlocal/social workers


Follow us@debibleuven

Program

• 9.30 Welcome with coffee and tea

• 10.00 Opening by Ilke Verhelle, projectmanager Hikkies.

• 10.10 Video message from Paul Collard, CEO of Creativity, Culture and Education

Dieter Deplancke and Sofie Missorten - mobile libraries work in the town of Leuven

• 10.25 Kristof Steeno, The connecting Function of mobile Libraries in multicultural Neighbourhoods

• 10.45 Ine Wendt, How can Reading Consultants promote Children’s Pleasure in reading and what Role can mobile Libraries take up?

• 11.05 Gerhard Jäger, Building Bridges with mobile Libraries – supporting reading Consultants, Teachers and Children’s reading Supporters.

• 11.30 Colleagues from Hungary and Portugal - Reflection


Reflectionand questions.


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