Bibliotheken op de wereldkaart

De collega's van de Franse bibliotheekvereniging ABF maakten een interactieve kaart met bibliotheken, om reizen en uitwisseling te stimuleren. Voor België staat er momenteel alleen een bibliotheek in Luik op de kaart.

Hier hun bericht:

The International Committee of the ABF created an interactive web-map of the libraries of the world providing an invitation to travel and discover the libraries of all kinds in many countries on all continents. Started in 2014, the basis consisted of sheets in French and English. One year later, it includes about 150 entries.

Each dot on the map represents a library described by its representative including key elements (community served, architecture, services, environment) and photographs. This map can help identifying colleagues involved in associations and help creating a network of professionals, organising library visits or offering visit to interested library lovers.
Everyone is welcome to enrich the map by clicking on the button "Add a Library" and filling in the form, that will be validated shortly after by the International Committee of the ABF. http://www.abf.asso.fr/librarymap

Sharing practices and exchanging ideas on/at an international level are an effective way to overcome common difficulties faced by libraries around the world: budget cuts, competition from "new" technologies and private organisations, decreasing attendance, etc. Whether in Europe or Africa, difficulties are sometimes the same. As a colleague working in Brazil, in the favelas, found common ground with libraries in poor neighborhoods of Paris.

Furthermore, this map is overall a tool to identify interesting experiences from projects of all size that can gain visibility and can prove to be good examples of challenges met and tensions overcome.

We hope to catch your attention with this project. Hopefully, you will soonadd your own library or the one(s) you had the chance to visit onto the map!

Please, disseminate the information and forward this email to your networks and contacts !

Many thanks !

Association of Librarians from France - International Relations