Activities brought by information professionals for mutual understanding

between countries

presentation of best practices as an inspiration for further actions

by Agata Kawalec

many forms, many faces, many methods

of cooperation and exchange

personal vs./and institutional

naple sister libraries

concept and ideas

why?

forms of cooperation

Lithuanian and Polish Sister Libraries

joined project

other projects as models

Naple Sister Libraries

Why should we take part?

Why should we take part?

Participation in the programme, an active participation of course, means development for each of the cooperating libraries. We learn from each other, exchange ideas and put them into practice. At the same time we improve our English. And besides, we are a group of really friendly people!

(Aleksandra Zawalska-Hawel)

User reaction

The reactions of our users have been very positive. There were congratulations, press and radio interviews. But they also expect something new to happen next. All initiatives taken with Sister Libraries are being adopted very well by our community. Our users participate in shared cultural events. And I hope we will have more and more common proposals for them.

(Aleksandra Zawalska-Hawel)

What can you do?

Possible activities

Exchange Library Information

Exchange Library resources

Share library training programs

Share library programs and exhibits

Possible activities

Share cultural events

Assist in library development

Bring recognition of the partnership thorough publicity

Develop personal contacts

Possible activities

Librarians can take on issues related to Children’s and Youn Adult’s Reading suggested by IFLA

Librarians and readers form sister libraries can develop joint programmes

(More detailed lists can be found on the projects’ website.)

Polish and Lithuanian Sister Libraries

Lithuanian Sister Libraries

• Public library of Panevezys

• Kaunas County Public Library (2 sister libraries!)

• Utena A. and M. Miskiniai Public Library

• Povilas Višinskis Šiauliai County Public Library

Polish Sister Libraries

• Regional Public Library in Krakow (2 sister libraries!)

• Municipal Public Library in Lębork

• Public Library in Aleksandrow (1 sister library!)

• Municipal Public Library in Piekary Śląkie (7 sister libraries!)

• Chrzanów Public Library

“Following the footsteps of the insurgents 1863 in Lithuania”

Kaunas County Public Library

Kaunas County Public Library is one of the 4 Lithuanian Libraries that are currently participating in the programme, and it already has two sister libraries:

Ljubljana City Library in Slovenia

Municipal Public Library of Piekary Slaskie in Poland.

Municipal Public Library in Piekary Śląskie

The Municipal Public Library in Piekary Slaskie was one of the fist libraries to join the programme

It has 7 sister libraries.

“Following the footsteps of the insurgents 1863 in Lithuania”

“We are grateful to Director of Municipal Public Library of Piekary Slaskie Aleksandra Zawalska-Hawel for the opportunity to jointly develop a new idea and prepare a new project. Aleksandra invited us to develop a project about historical events of January of 1863 Uprising in Lithuania and Kaunas “Following the footsteps of the insurgents 1863 in Lithuania”. So pleasant news has just reached us – we received funding!”

(Valentina Grinevičienė)

“Following the footsteps of the insurgents 1863 in Lithuania”

So they are going to Kaunas in July for 5 days. 20 young people aged 18-25 from Poland and Lithuania will participate in the project. They have planned a lot of activities that they will carry out together with Kaunas County Public Library. And in May Aleksandra and another librarian will make a preparatory visit to Kaunas.

(post from NSL site)

“Following the footsteps of the insurgents 1863 in Lithuania”

So they are going to Kaunas in July for 5 days. 20 young people aged 18-25 from Poland and Lithuania will participate in the project. They have planned a lot of activities that they will carry out together with Kaunas County Public Library. And in May Aleksandra and another librarian will make a preparatory visit to Kaunas.

(post from NSL site)

“Following the footsteps of the insurgents 1863 in Lithuania”

The project itself

Other projects as models

Other projects

Thank you very much!

This project was co-financed from:

Orlen Lietuva

Polsko-Litewski Fundusz Wymiany Młodzieży

Fundacja Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

The sole responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the authors and can in no way be taken to reflect the views neither of the Fundacja Rozwoju Systemu Edukacji nor Ministerstwo Edukacji Narodowej.