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The Library of Diversity

Good examples from Västra Götaland. The Library of Diversity. 8 § Library law (1996:1596).

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The Library of Diversity

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  1. Good examples from Västra Götaland The Library of Diversity

  2. 8 § Library law (1996:1596) Public and school libraries should pay special attention to people with disabilities, immigrants and other minorities by offering literature in other languages than Swedish and in forms adapted to their needs.

  3. ArabicFinnishSpanishSerbian / Bosnian / CroatianPersianVietnameseKurdish Largest language groups in the Västra Götaland

  4. FinnishRussianThaiPolishChinese Most read language groups

  5. Fiction - Russian, Thai, Finnish, Chinese, Persian, PolishNonfiction: cookbooks, books on health and maternity, driving license books - Arabic, SKB, Kurdish What do the representatives of different language groups read?

  6. Parents want their children to learn to read in their mother tongue.Libraries have to cooperate more with mother tongue teachers. Both gain from this:teachers get better selection of books and libraries receive new young visitors with good knowlege of the library. Children's Books

  7. In order to improve library service to users with other language background than Swedish the Regional Library offers language support to all local media groups.The support means 8 hours of consultation between a representative for each language and the media group. The consultation includes visits to the library, counseling and assistance in the purchase of new media and translation of the blurb of the newly purchased books into Swedish. Language Consulting

  8. Twelve people with background in Iran, Iraq, China, Russia, Pakistan, Egypt, Hungary, Bosnia and Montenegro Two years as Library Hosts at nine public libraries in five municipalities The project could not continue due to employment measures Library Hosts

  9. Language Café

  10. Layd al-bilād: riwāyah (Kingdom Night) of Janan Jasim Halawi in Arabic Talking books

  11. Eugenia Granat eugenia.granat@gmail.com 0706-83 25 52 Contact

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