Ignite Talk The ‘I have the right to read’ program offered by the Radislav Nikčević Public Library in Jagodina, Serbia, provides children ages 6 to 12 with rich learning through play experiences to improve their reading comprehension. By building reading comprehension skills, the program supports the cognitive development of children. It also helps them to […]
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Ignite Talk Play Bunk is a fun-filled after-school program that takes place at two of Book Bunk’s project libraries in Nairobi, Kenya. This program is designed to engage library users of all ages in playful activities that promote learning and creativity. With a variety of interactive games such as LEGO, Chess, Ludo, Kenya at 50,
Ignite Talk This talk describes the Doers Library Creativity Program and how it has impacted hundreds of children and youth in a rural area of Bogotá, Colombia. The program serves as a social laboratory to empower youth to identify the main problems in their communities and design community projects to solve them. Host Iván
Ignite Talk Isl@nd of Openness for Children and Families: Educational Bibliotherapy Programme “Isl@nd of Openness for Children and Families” is a virtual chat site with bibliotherapy/literary and educational game elements created using new technologies. It is the first of its kind, not only in Lithuania but also abroad. The content of the service was created
Ignite Talk A few years ago in Milan, a group of citizens from different backgrounds, who barely knew each other, decided to address the lack of social cohesiveness in their residential neighborhood through the creation of a library. But then COVID arrived, leading to a collapse in social and cultural participation, especially in communities that
Ignite Talk The public library Franc Ksaver Meško in Ormož, Slovenia, recognizes that migration is a constant factor in the development of human society, leading to multicultural, varied, and diverse communities. As the process of integrating immigrants and refugees occurs primarily at the local level, it is crucial to implement appropriate measures at this level.
Ignite Talk Join us to learn more about how Public Libraries 2030 joined with libraries in Ghent, Lisbon, and Aarhus to engage with EU policy, focusing on three topics: digital transition, democracy and sustainability. In 2023 we are hosting three camps. The first camp in Ghent focused on digital transition. At our current meeting in
Ignite Talk “Empower Yourself, Empower the World” is an initiative of three local libraries in the rural territories of Vaidava, Vecate and Rencēni in the Valmiera municipality of Latvia. The libraries are working together with the local community to address a huge increase in depression, fear, and loneliness following the Covid-19 pandemic, which has also
Ignite Talk Introduction to The Europe Challenge is given by Vivian Paulissen The Europe Challenge comes up with innovative solutions for multiple challenges Europe is facing. The founders of the European Cultural Foundation (ECF), the organisation behind this programme, envisioned a united Europe where citizens can live, express themselves, work and dream freely, in diversity
Session As part of research into play and creativity, Amos Blanton and educators from Aarhus Public Libraries developed Playing with the Sun, a set of Tinkering activities and a construction kit designed to invite children to develop an intuitive sense of how sustainable energy works. In this talk I’ll give a sense of how the
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