Gāliņciems Library in Ventpils, Latvia was founded in 1954 and is moving to a new, larger building in the summer of 2022. It will transform from an 89 sqm library into a 600 sqm public community center providing a wider range of services. The library currently lends books, newspapers, magazines, and supports education through events connected to books and creative workshops.

1. Gāliņciems Library was founded in
1954 and is a part of Ventpils City
Library
(www.biblioteka.ventspils.lv) It is a
small library with around
15 000 of books.
What do we have
incommon?
In the end of summer 2022
Galiņciems is moving to a new
building (from 89 m2 to 600 m2)
and transforming into a public
centre with a wider range of
services
Galinciems Library (expected opening - end of summer 2022)
Poonam Bharti
librarian of Junior school
library in Delhi, India
We encourage reading a lot to inculcate
reading habits right from the beginning.
We organise different workshops and
activities to keep children engaged
throughout the year.
Marija Markovska
librarian at
NI University Library "St.
Climent Ohridski" -Bitola,
North Macedonia
All our libraries take part in the
educating process in schools and
kindergartens by organising
different creative workshops
through which we promote
reading and the love for books.

NI University Library "St. Climent Ohridski" -
Bitola is composed of two functionally
connected objects that form one whole. It is
formed in 1945, and the new bilding is formed
in 1978.It is modern cultural institution with a
book fund of about 600,000 books and
numerous magazines, with a tendency for
permanent increase. Today, the Library strives
to become a real virtual library.
Ance Upeniece
librarian - Supliment
manager at Galiņciems
Library in Ventspils,
Latvia
We lend books, newpapers and magazines,
support educstion process in schools and
kindergardens by organising different
events connected to books, organise
creative workshops, we have senior
storyteller events
Differences?
We all work in a different type of library, so
the type of library, users, services are the
biggest difference in itself.
Galinciems library and NI University Library
"St. Climent Ohridski" are both public
libraries and they aren’t anymore just places
where you can only get a book, but it is a
place which organise different cultural
events for kids and adults, exhibitions, social
events etc. It is a place where to meet and
where to be.
What do we do?
What do we do?
Our library lend books,magazines,newspapers,
professional papers to the readers and the
users, we also make workshops with children
from schools, kindergarten and students, and
a lot of projects that are funded by the
Ministry of culture. We also catalog books in
the cobiss program,which is program that all
balkan countries use it.
What do we do?
What we gained by
participating in this
project? We got new acquaintances around the world.
Experience exchange about how it is to be a
librarian in other countries.
We have learned a lot about other libraries in
the world, we have differences and a lot of
similarities between our libraries