The Ljubljana Metropolitan Library is one of the central venues of the Ljubljana - the World Book Capital programme. Our events will focus on a selection of modern projects on books, literature and culture. The Ljubljana Metropolitan Library is the first library in Slovenia to introduce the rental of electronic readers, a project that has been well received by our readers. We are also coordinating the project Books for Everyone and have cooperated in designing the programme in the Trubar Literature House.
During the year of the book, all of the branches of the Ljubljana Metropolitan Library will offer numerous free events to readers.

 

Read Wider ― Read Slovene Authors! The Ljubljana Metropolitan Library (MKL). At its branches, the Ljubljana Metropolitan Library will present to its visitors classical and mostly contemporary Slovene authors and their works – fiction, poetry and drama. Reading Slovene authors in both electronic and printed formats will also be encouraged. The project will focus on the reading of e-books using the latest reader Kolibri V3. Literary works will also be linked with Slovene music, film and text recordings by Slovene authors. A selection of library material will be exhibited and made available for borrowing and reading. Happenings will take place in MKL Knjižnica Bežigrad, MKL Knjižnica Jožeta Mazovca, MKL Knjižnica Otona Župančiča, MKL Knjižnica Prežihov Voranc and MKL Knjižnica Šiška.
www.mklj.si

Library my Asylum, the Ljubljana Metropolitan Library. The project envisages direct and indirect work with asylum seekers. The direct work entails collecting data on the needs of persons living in the Asylum Centre, their integration in events already going on in the library setting and the organisation of additional events and training seminars regarding the needs of Asylum Centre dwellers. The indirect work includes the preparation of a special collection of material for foreigners, PC and Internet access and the production of promotion material. A round table will be held as part of the project to inform the general public about migration and refugee issues. Within the framework of the World Book Day an exhibition of picture books from around the world will be mounted.
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Kosovir’s Spoon, the Ljubljana Metropolitan Library. The Kosovir’s Spoon is an interactive object — a realistic, computer-aided model made from supporting artificial material, designed for children. The scooping part of the spoon is ergonomically designed for sitting and the “tomatoes” that form part of this ergonomic design have loudspeakers around the head section. In Kosovir’s Spoons songs and fairy tales may be listened to.
The Kosovir’s Spoon is based on the book Kosovirja na leteči žlici (Two Kosovirs on the Flying Spoon) by Svetlana Makarovič. Interactive spoon models in libraries encourage children to use modern technology, they are pleasing to children and lure them into the world of listening and reading the written word.
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City – Book – People, the Ljubljana Metropolitan Library. A book-themed photography competition is being prepared by the Ljubljana Metropolitan Library. It will include photographic images of moments that offer the possibility of visually recording a story, that document time and space, that have communicative-aesthetic value, and that visually promote books, reading and libraries. The theme will be limited to books in connection with people and the city. With this competition the library wishes to encourage the contemplation of the position of books among people, show their mutual inter-connections and interdependence, and raise sensitivity towards these aspects.
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Comic Strips and Literary Classics Side by Side, the Ljubljana Metropolitan Library. To drawing lovers, the comic strip, called the ninth art, has been more than an easy read for a long time already. More and more authors believe that a good comic strip is almost equal to an exceptional story. The library wishes to draw readers’ attention to its rich collection of comic strips and its tradition of placing comic strips alongside literary classics. Its inclusion in the Ljubljana – the World Book Capital City 2010 programme enables the comic strip to interpret the written word, to merge with the traditional image of literature and to modernise the concept of the book; on the other hand, through workshops, exhibitions, round tables, EU participation, the setting up of new web pages and the promotion of young authors the concept of the “hybrid library” is emphasised: openness, connection and active participation will convey the library goer to the physical and virtual space of the library.
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Filmbus: Travelling Cinema, the Ljubljana Metropolitan Library. The Travelling Library will win the citizens of Ljubljana over with its mobility, modern equipment and attractive exterior and interior. In various residential districts of Ljubljana there will be projections of book-based films. One of the artists involved in the creation of the film (director, actor, screenwriter, etc.) will be invited to watch the projection and participate in the subsequent discussion. At the same time, invitations will be extended to visit Bilobus and learn about the various collections of material, the library catalogue and everything else that the Travelling Library has to offer.
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Library, the Heart of the City: Between Tradition and the Future, the Ljubljana Metropolitan Library. A one-day expert symposium and a round table will be held on 8 November 2010. With this event the Ljubljana Metropolitan Library, in cooperation with selected institutions in this field of expertise, will actively participate in an exchange of opinions, ideas and professional initiatives for the future quality development of the book, reading, knowledge and culture in Ljubljana. The themes of the symposium will be ● the importance of the library in the urban tissue of a city ● the role of and prospects for the book as a mass medium in the era of digital media and ● modern libraries’ dilemmas on developing a quality range. The round table, involving distinguished guests, will focus on the topical issues of the daily dialogue between the library and the city, the individual and the library, and between the library and the environment. It will open up different challenging aspects of the role of the library in the promotion of reading, knowledge, critical thinking, creativity and culture in a city.
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Book Club, the Ljubljana Metropolitan Library. This project enables presentations, comments and reviews of books on the pages of the Ljubljana Metropolitan Library website, as well as criticism and recommendations by using Web 2.0 Tools and Applications (assessments, personalisation, comments, etc.). Supported by the staff of the Ljubljana Metropolitan Library, the Book Club will be designed and edited in a virtual space by the library users themselves. The web site of the Ljubljana Metropolitan Library will offer web communication tools, a specifically adapted web forum, blog pages and recommendation lists.
www.mklj.si

Dancing with the Book, the Ljubljana Metropolitan Library and Plesna šola Kazina. The aim of this dance project is to try to bring the content of books closer to project participants and use it to familiarise them with dance.
www.mklj.si, www.kazina.si

The Ljubljana City Library in the Trubar Literature House. The Trubar Literature House will also be the venue of some of the events organised by the Ljubljana City Library, such as meetings with Slovene writers and poets, literary theoreticians and historians and connoisseurs of modern Slovene literature, with an emphasis on topical issues. In cooperation with publishing houses, the Library will organise regular presentations of newly published Slovene works, while the house will remain open to other creative activities from the field of literature, writing, reading and books. The Ljubljana City Library will organise its events in cooperation with publishing houses, non-governmental organisations, and other groups and individuals related to the book and reading culture. Within the Ljubljana World Book Capital Year, literary events, book presentations, readings, discussions on art and society, presentations of digitalised content, activities for children, creative workshops, visits of foreign productions and exhibitions will be organised.