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Cycling for libraries is a politically and economically independent international unconference for librarian and librarylovers, and a bicycle tour. Cycling for libraries supports grassroots networking, and internationalism, physical and mental […]

Live-stream recording of Cycling for Libraries 2012 update 30.7.2012. Cycling for libraries is a politically and economically independent international unconference for librarian and librarylovers, and a bicycle tour. Cycling for libraries supports […]

Cycling for libraries is a politically and economically independent international unconference for librarian and librarylovers, and a bicycle tour. Cycling for libraries supports grassroots networking, and internationalism, physical and mental […]

Cycling for libraries is a politically and economically independent international unconference for librarian and librarylovers, and a bicycle tour. Cycling for libraries supports grassroots networking, and internationalism, physical and mental […]

Cycling for libraries is a politically and economically independent international unconference for librarian and librarylovers, and a bicycle tour. Cycling for libraries supports grassroots networking, and internationalism, physical and mental […]

Surfacing undiscovered library content. The importance of user testing in building new platforms. And the difficult task of aggregating a wide range of library content across Europe. This and much […]

Owning and managing your own eContent. Self publishing and how do we position ourselves as libraries to be at the heart of the publishing revolution. This and much more in […]

Streaming books. A new”Golden Age of Publishing”? A need for more experimenting and sharing inside of platforms. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose […]

Starting your own publishing company. Imagination in literature. Investing in e-content and books in the cloud. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of […]

The Finnish Library Association supports development cooperation with Namibian and Tanzanian libraries with the Libraries for development -project, which is part of the poverty reduction strategies of the partner countries […]

How can we provide value for young people? “Nothing is really easy” and traveling the world on a scholarship to learn about libraries. This and much more in this week’s […]

Making yourself visible as a librarian. The cost of textbooks and creating passionate users. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation! […]

The first German Movers & Shakers Award. The State of Innovation in German Libraries and communicating ideas to your community. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: […]

This week we are tech trend spotting with Joe Murphy and also talk about handling change and improving discovery. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your […]

Crowdsourcing, linked data and telling stories. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation! This video was imported to Library Channel from […]

Libraries Now! – Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering

The World Library and Information Congress 2012, 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, took place at the Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre in Helsinki, Finland.

Long-term preservation has some big challenges. Luciano Ammenti has a dream to build the standards to make digital conservation for the future better. This and much more in this week’s […]

Jannik Mulvad and the team in Aarhus is building the library of the future. What are their dreams and hopes? This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: […]

Libraries as a marks of civilization, leading by example and why librarians have to take charge. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of […]

Design thinking in libraries, A one page website and tedious ebook discussions. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation! This video […]

About 100 library specialist coming together on a saturday to discuss the future of libraries. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library […]

Shared Web Services and the future of the cloud for libraries. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation! This video was […]

Mr John Helling has lived in Finland for 5 months as a Fulbright Scholar studying the national public library policy of Finland. He has experience at both large urban and […]

Banned books: 2nd December IFLA President-elect 2011-2013 Sinikka Sipilä presents The Egyptian (1945) by Mika Waltari. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom of Access […]

In September 16th 2010 Mexico celebrated their bicentennial. Sello library recognized the important holiday and invited Bernardo Rivera, a Mexican artist living in Finland to display some of his art […]

Head of IT and Communications at The City of Aarhus, Bo Fristed, tells about the project for new national service for e-books in Denmark. More info: Reading skills, Scandinavian Public […]

The Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers rotates annually between the five Scandinavian countries. Finland holds the Presidency for 2011 and as part of its agenda, the Ministry of […]

The Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers rotates annually between the five Scandinavian countries. Finland holds the Presidency for 2011 and as part of its agenda, the Ministry of […]

The Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers rotates annually between the five Scandinavian countries. Finland holds the Presidency for 2011 and as part of its agenda, the Ministry of […]

Libraries have organized children’s story-telling hours for a long time. Alongside the traditional story telling hours there are also interactive and experiential story-telling hours. Tomi Välimaa, a teacher of drama […]