While this is the official final chapter of the Libraries of Emotions project and we are feeling all sorts of emotions about this, it is definitely not the end for this approach to reading! Our library partners explore what they learned from this experienced and what they are going to be integrating into their activities …
Conference: “Bibliotherapy in public libraries of Emotions: A European Experience of innovative reading promotion” 2 March 2022 (10.00 – 12.30) in the Muntpunt Library in Brussels (and online) Over two years four European public libraries in Anderlecht/BE, Lodz/PL, Kaunas/LT, and Kranj/SI have experimented with bibliotherapy, a method placing emotions at the heart of the reading …
The beginning of November was marked by a much-anticipated opening of (physical) Library of Emotion at Kranj City Library, one of the libraries taking part in the European project “Libraries of Emotions”. Over 250 books, mostly written by European authors, have been granted space on our book shelves. We aimed at selecting prominent titles, including …
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The Kranj City Library is encouraging people to read in many different ways through a number of projects. Among other things, we are currently working on a new series of bibliotherapy sessions, which will take place in September as part of a project “LOE – Libraries of Emotions”. Moreover, a unique, physical library of emotions …
In June, the Kranj City Library launched bibliotherapy reading sessions. These represent the added value of “Libraries of Emotions”, a project whose main goal is to promote reading and create innovative ways to do so. At the bibliotherapy sessions, the participants, with the help of a moderator, talked about the books they had read and …
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This year, we’ve made some changes. A place for children is now in the second wing of the library, in the newly renovated space. And in the emptied room we prepare place for Library of Emotions. Maybe the room doesn’t look so nice right now, but it will be renovated within few weeks – we …
June is almost over and we’ve just conducted our first bibliotherapy session! In front of the school building, surrounded by trees, we talked with sixth-graders about ecology and environmental protection, as well as about the dangers of a climate disaster. During the session we used a book written by Malgorzata Kur with Magdalena Starzynska illustrations …
Yes, we have brand new books! Just give us a moment, we have to put them in our library system. But this time we won’t catalog them in the usual way – like Polish literature or romances. Would you like to find a new crime story by a popular author? Put yourself in the role …
When we kicked off this project, we knew that the COVID19 pandemic could have an impact on the project. We had hoped that we would be able to navigate this aspect easily, however, we made sure to consider this in our discussions. The online portals that are being developed will allow library users to navigate …
We are excited to kick off this new project placing emotions at the heart of the reading experience! This project brings together: Love for Livres, a social enterprise The Public Library of Kranj in Slovenia The Public Library of Anderlecht in Belgium The Public Library of Kaunas in Lithuania The Public Library of Lodz in …
