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ERASMUS + KEY ACTION 1- MOBILITY PROJECT FOR ADULT EDUCATION STAFF
Lifelong learning centered on key competences … change management in personal and professional life
September 1st 2014- August 30 2015
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Travel Diary /4
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LIBRARY & VOLUNTEERING:
POSSIBLE & VITAL SYNERGY
Interview to the volunteers of the library in Lit
JOB SHADOWING ACTIVITIES
April 23 – 4 May 4 2015
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“If we want to know the meaning of life, we have to open a book over there, in the darkest corner of a chapter, there is a sentence written for us; if we multiply, we must act, to escape, to travel to India or Tahiti, but choose a new book in the pages rustling forest that surrounds the walls of our room. “
Pietro Citati
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Monday, April 27 … Meeting with the team of the library in Lit
The visit to the library of Ӧstersund allowed us to become better acquainted with the guidelines that guide the cultural and social policies of the county of Jämtland. Together, we have agreed that
Our activities now continue to Lit, a small town of about a thousand inhabitants, which is 23 km from the city of Ӧstersund. We meet the leaders of the group of volunteers involved in the coordination and management of the activities of the library. To start, let’s ask some questions to better understand the characteristics and specificities of a library that offers its services with the help of staff … Here is the interview to Elisabet and Iren
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(interior of the Library in Lit )
Elisabet
I was involved from the beginning. In the spring of 1996, suddenly and unexpectedly, we were communicated the closing of the library in Lit. At the time, I worked as a teacher and with other colleagues we immediately mobilized to establish a working group integrated. We were firmly intended on finding a solution and prevent the closing of the library.
So, we managed to be seated at the same table and to discuss with a group of teachers and carers of the school in Litthe Municipality in Lit and representatives of the County Library in Östersund.
Many meetings and exchanges to seek the best solution … In 1998 we were finally able to find an effective and stable solution, which is what you see active today, after 17 years … The library is located on the school premises in Lit
The limited funds available to the school provides only six hours of weekly activities for the realization of projects and activities carried out in collaboration between school and library. It is essential the contribution of Mona, who works in the library with a part-time, in “service subsidized”.
Without sacrificing its identity and mission of the public library …. two days a week, through the activity of a group of volunteers, it is guaranteed the opening of the library, so that all the inhabitants of Lit can benefit from the service . The group of volunteers consists of 25 people.
After working as a teacher, I retired a year ago. In addition to performing the work of the voluntary to the library, I take care of the organization and coordination of the development of integrated activities between the group of volunteers and the school.
Iren
I always thought that the library is a crucial resource for citizens, able to promote participation and culture. I always attended the library in Lit and found normal offer my voluntary contribution to keep the library in the village. I am a member of an association called “LitsStårschan” (girls in Lit), which involved many of its members in the volunteer project in the library. Our training was ensured by courses organized by Studie Förbundet Vuxenskolan of Lit.
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From left Bodil Henriksson Johansson, coordinator of the mobility of staff Geapolis at Vuxenskolan SV Jämtland, together with the leaders of the group of volunteers of the library Elisabet Eriksson, Sylvia Ivarsson, Iren KBerglund
Elisabet
Shifts are organized by teams composed of two people. I take care of the monthly management of loans and deposits, and I take care of the administration and of shipments. Each volunteer also helps to make suggestions for new purchases and this impels us to be up to date on new books and desires of Readers. Usually, the library is frequented mostly by men, women or children? Elizabeth During school hours are mainly kids to visit the library. At the same time adults can attend. However, it is the evening time that the people of Lit, mainly women, prefer to reserve time in the library.
Among the activities proposed the most consolidated are:
For further … here are the reviews and book tips that readers have proposed at the last meeting Group “Recommended Books”
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Consigli-di-lettura-e-recensioni.pdf (218 download)
Just-nu-la-ser-jag-sv.pdf (225 download)
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Among the different instruments of man, the more amazing is, without doubt the book. The others are an extension of his body: the book is an extension of memory and imagination.
Jorge Luis Borges