The project “New knowledge: Children and young people’s reading pleasure and reading communities” is based on a partnership between the Center for Applied School Research and the think tank Fremtidens Libraries. The focal point is a new, national survey of reading and media habits among… Read More »Report on Children’s and Young People’s Reading 2021 (Denmark)
All European countries are offering safe places of refuge for millions of people escaping war in Ukraine. European Libraries are peace strongholds amidst the horrible war which followed the Russian attack against Ukraine. It is their duty to provide support and, as far as possible,… Read More »EBLIDA, NAPLE and PL2030 join together to reinforce and develop library initiatives for Ukrainian refugees
We – EBLIDA, NAPLE and Public Libraries 2030 – call upon this tradition of libraries to give a warm welcome, a safe place to Ukrainian refugees during this difficult time. Provide them with whatever support they can offer, books and other media as well as access to information and… Read More »Libraries for Ukraine
For immediate release The barbaric attack of the Russian Federation against Ukraine is against any basic principle of a sustainable, democratic and equitable society. In response to the appeal launched by the Ukrainian Library Association, EBLIDA, NAPLE and Public Libraries 2030 urge libraries all over… Read More »The Russian Federation barbaric attack against Ukraine
We are delighted to officially announce our cooperation programme with EBLIDA and NAPLE, two major European library organisations! We will pool resources and efforts to strengthen our library work in Europe. This initiative will bring together over 60 European library services and 68 national library… Read More »EBLIDA, NAPLE and PUBLIC LIBRARIES 2030 team up for libraries in Europe
Public Internet Access in Libraries – Opportunities through Low Earth Orbit(LEO) Satellite Broadband Friday, 8th October 2021, 4pm-5pm CET NAPLE Forum held a webinar to inform European public librarians and library advocates about the potential of using Starlink for public access to the Internet in… Read More »NAPLE-Gigabit Libraries-ISOC Webinar
Thursday, 20th May 2021, 1pm-3pm CET We were discussing how we measure the impact of public libraries as we emerge from the pandemic period, and look over the horizon to see what’s next for the public library sector in the next 12 months. 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻… Read More »NAPLE Forum 2021
‘Public Libraries and COVID-19: Tour of Europe’ is the title of an article published in Irish library journal An Leabharlann (Volume 29: Issue 2 October 2020). The article combines the two reports produced by NAPLE to summarise the measures taken in response to COVID-19 in… Read More »Public Libraries and COVID-19: Tour of Europe – article in An Leabharlann Volume 29: Issue 2, October 2020
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) began to lead to closures of library buildings to the public at the start of March 2020. NAPLE has produced two reports to summarise the measures taken in response to the virus by public libraries in 20 NAPLE member countries to date,… Read More »Public Libraries in Europe and COVID-19: Findings from NAPLE Members, April-July 2020
At its annual assembly meeting on May 29th, 2020 the 23 member countries of the National Authorities on Public Libraries in Europe (NAPLE) Forum approved new statutes and elected a new six-member Board for the period 2020-2023. The NAPLE Forum is an international non-governmental association… Read More »National Authorities on Public Libraries in Europe (NAPLE) Forum Elects New Board for 2020-2023
