Norwegian County Libraries and Projects

Hordaland County Library as an example

County LibrariesDevelop public libraries and secondary school libraries in the county•governed by The Library Act•organize interlibrary loans•advice and assist libraries•advice local authorities and library owners•develop competence for librarians

Hordaland County LibraryDriving force in library development

• governed by regional plans and The Library Act

• initiate, fund and run development projects

• organized 21 courses, meetings and conferences in 2012

• Strategy for competence development

• Strategy for development of secondary school libraries

Project: VidsynDeveloped tools to help rural libraries promote cross-cultural information, dialogue and understanding. •Courses and university studies for library staff•Cooperation with the local introduction office for foreigners•Bibliography containing tips of films, music and books •Visual profile•Funded by the National Library

Our experience through Vidsyn

Even the smallest public library can be a vital guardian of democratic rights, providing access to information, creating social networks and being a multicultural meeting place.

Project: A changing library landscape• Cooperation with 30

municipalities in 5 regions

• Partnership agreements

• Competence development

• Innovation / Play

Funded by The National library

Competence for innovative libraries• study in change management, innovation and

knowledge management• courses in innovative thinking and management• change the mindset!

Innovation through play• small scale play-projects • experiments, risking failure• play with services, library space,

digital media, promoting literature, cooperation etc.

• playing to achieve creative innovation processes

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