The International Library A Multilingual Library in Sweden – for a multi- lingual population
Financed by the Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs, Stockholm County Council and Stockholm City Approximately volumes in 130 different languages 32 employees, arround 65% with a foreign origine – speak 27 languages
The Immigrant Library 1991 “Immigrant languages”, i.e. neither Swedish nor Nordic languages, English, German or French Services to other libraries Complementary media support and other services to libraries through depositions and seperate loans and being a resourse for relevant knowledge and developement
The International Library 2000 “Immigrant languages”, i.e. neither Swedish or Swedish Minority languages, nor Nordic languages, English, German or French Services to libraries but also a public library Complementary media support and other services to libraries through depositions and seperate loans and being a resourse for relevant knowledge and developement
National plan for literature support (2006) Library services – a primary municipal responsability An agreement between IBLC and the County libraries on responsability concerning literature support in different languages Every county has the responsabililty for their ”own” languages; IB is complementary on seperate loans
What can be found at the International Library? Approximatly books in 130 languages Newspapers (185 + Pressdisplay) and magazines (40) DVD and Video More then 2500 CDs with world music Talking books and audio books
Main collection
The main languages (loans)
Loans % fiction 31% non - fiction 74% adult media 26% childrens´ media
Library Activities - Programmes Language cafées Authors programmes Computer workshops Lectures Conducted tours International gatherings organised by an Embassy or international associations
The target group – Children and young adults with other mother tongue then Swedish.
Activities for Children Literature – book talks, conducted tours, creative-writing projects etc The Children’s Book Bus visits ”Saturday Language Schools” Cooperation with mother- tongue teachers Support to libraries and schools The Secret Garden
Why have books in several languages? Every child who visits the library has the right to find his or her books
Children’s Books in many languages - a project for the Stockholm Public Library Arabic English Bosnien French Chinese Polish Persian Russian Somali Spanish
The International Libraries Children’s Book Week
The purpose with the Children’s Book Week The purpose with the Children’s Book Week to stimulate children with other mother tongue then Swedish to develop reading and writing in their mother tongue to increase the knowledge amongst librarians, teachers and authors about children’s literature in the chosen countries To let the invited authors meet their Swedish colleagues and learn more about Children’s literature in Sweden and exchange experiences
Every year since 2004 the International Library has invited a number of authors of Children’s Books from arround the world for a weeks visit to Sweden 27 authors from 23 different countries have so far visited Sweden during this week
The International Children’s Book Week 2010 ! Senait Worku (Ethiopia) Celestina Maria Fernandes (Angola) Desbele Mehari (Eritrea ) Bienvenu Sene Mongaba( Kongo-Kinshasa) Elieshi Lema (Tanzania) Said Salah (Somalia)