A presentation on the NAPLE Sister Libraries Project, for European libraries to find a sister library to cooperate with. NAPLE (National Authorities of Public Libraries in Europe) Annual Assembly, Copenhagen, 2012.

1. A NAPLE programme, 2011-2012
Susana Alegre Landaburu
NAPLE Secretariat/ Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport,
Spain

2. • Programme launched in October 2011 with a call for
participation
• Up till now:
11 NAPLE members participating
20 Sisterships accomplished
61 European Public Libraries participating

3. • Coordinated at NAPLE Secretariat in Madrid
• Every NAPLE country participating has a contact person for their
country, they disseminate the call and receive the applications from
libraries in their country
• Website: http://sisterlibrariesnaple.wordpress.com/

4. Open programme
Libraries can apply at any time
Libraries decide on the content of their sistership
Libraries may or may not sign a formal agreement
Libraries can have as many sister libraries as they want to keep

5. How can a public library participate?
Only requirement: to be a public library located in one
of the participating countries

6. Belgium
Croatia
Czech Republic
Finland
Ireland
Lithuania
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovenia
Spain

8. • Visit http://sisterlibrariesnaple.wordpress.com/ to read all the
information:
Call for participation
Proposals for activities
Models of agreements
Application form and contact person in every country
List of libraries already participating
Sisterships and a blog with the last news and activities carried out by the
libraries

9. • Visit http://sisterlibrariesnaple.wordpress.com/ to read all the
information:
Call for participation
Proposals for activities
Models of agreements
Application form and contact person in every country
List of libraries already participating
Sisterships and a blog with the last news and activities carried out by the
libraries

10. Fill in the application form and send it to the contact person in their country
We publish their application and announce their participation
The library contacts or is contacted by other interested participating libraries
Once they agree to be sisters they let us know
They keep us informed on their activities

11. • Visit http://sisterlibrariesnaple.wordpress.com/ to read all the
information:
Call for participation
Proposals for activities
Models of agreements
Application form and contact person in every country
List of libraries already participating
Sisterships and a blog with the last news and activities carried out by the
libraries

13. NAPLE SISTERSHIPS

14. Krapina Public Library (Croatia) – Sant Joan de Vilatorrada Library “Cal
Gallifa” (Spain)
Valença Municipal Library (Portugal) – Piran Civic Library (Slovenia)
Krapina Public Library (Croatia) – Library Tielt-Winge (Belgium)
Krapina Public Library (Croatia) – Kuusamo City Library (Finland)
Municipal Public Library in Piekary Slaskie (Poland) – Arucas Municipal
Library (Spain)

15. Salamanca Public Library “Torrente Ballester” (Spain) – Lousada
Municipal Library (Portugal)
Municipal Public Library in Piekary Slaskie (Poland) - Vilanova i la Geltru
Library “Armand Cardona i Torrandell” (Spain)
Municipal Public Library in Piekary Slaskie (Poland) – Iisalmi City
Library (Finland)
Municipal Public Library in Piekary Slaskie (Poland) – Marco Marulic Split
City Library (Croatia)

16. State Public Library of Ciudad Real (Spain) – Dâmboviţa County Library “Ion
Heliade Rădulescu” (Romania)
Piran Civic Library (Slovenia) – Torres Novas Municipal Library “Gustavo Pinto
Lopes” (Portugal)
Ljubljana City Library (Slovenia) – Kaunas County Public library (Lithuania)
Valença Municipal Library (Portugal) – Sant Joan de Vilatorrada Library “Cal
Gallifa” (Spain)
Public Library in Piekary Slaskie (Poland) – Kiri-kirjastot Library(Finland).

17. Torres Novas Municipal Library “Gustavo Pinto Lopes”(Portugal) – State Public
Library of Ciudad Real (Spain)
Ljubljana City Library (Slovenia) – Regional Public Library Krakow (Poland)
Valença Municipal Library (Portugal) – Kuusamo City Library(Finland)
Municipal Library Český Těšín (Czech Republic) – Daruvar Public Library (Croatia)
Public Library “Fran Galovic” in Koprivnica (Croatia) –Sastamala Public
Library (Finland)
Aveiro Municipal Library (Portugal) – Regional Public Library Krakow (Poland)

18. Municipal Public Library in Piekary Slaskie (Poland): 5
Valença Municipal Library (Portugal): 3
Krapina Public Library (Croatia) : 3
Kuusamo City Library (Finland): 2
Regional Public Library Krakow (Poland): 2
Sant Joan de Vilatorrada Library “Cal Gallifa” (Spain): 2
State Public Library of Ciudad Real (Spain): 2
Torres Novas Municipal Library “Gustavo Pinto Lopes” (Portugal): 2

19. Some examples of the first activities:
• Arucas Municipal Library (Spain) & Municipal Piekary Slaskie Library (Poland): Book
Day, reading clubs
• Piekary Śląskie Library has invited their 5 sister libraries to participate in an art competition
for children. The competition is for children up to the age of 13, who frequent the Sister
Libraries in Split (Croatia), Haapavesi and Iisalmi (Finland), Arucas and Vilanova i la
Geltru (Spain).
• Piekary Śląskie Library has also interchanged books, DVDs, CDs and other materials about
their cities and libraries with their sisters.
• Krapina Public Library (Croatia): Published in website, television and newspapers,t hey
have also sent a textual and pictorial story on the history and monuments for their sister
libraries Tielt-Winge (Belgium) and Sant Joan de Vilatorrada (Spain). They have also
received materials from them.

20. How can a NAPLE member
country participate?

21. Let us know
Designate someone/yourself to be the contact in your country and
send us his/her email adress
We make the announcement that your country is participating both
in Sister Libraries Website and NAPLE Blog
You/person in charge do the dissemination of the programme in
your own country in the way you deem best (announcements in
listservs, blogs, websites, etc.) referring to Sister Libraries
Website.

22. Your tasks
Do the dissemination of the call for participation
Be the contact person in your country, libraries will send their
applications to you and you forward them to us
Stay in touch with us and the libraries to follow their developments

23. Suggestions?
Proposals?
Questions?

24. Thank you very much to all NAPLE participants from
NAPLE Secretariat!
María Antonia Carrato Mena
Concha Vilariño Periáñez
Susana Alegre Landaburu
Begoña Ricote Ricote