1. Public libraries in Slovenia

2. Slovenia
km2
2 million inhabitants
58 main libraries / 10 regional
libraries
269 branches
13 bookmobiles with 699 stops
23% of population are
library members; 65% are users
1.224 employees
Operation costs: 21 EUR per inhabitant

3. Funding Ministrstry of Culture Municipalities
Library material (books, audio/video, e-resources)
Special activities of regional libraries
Digitisation and digital library
--- no funding for projects
Municipalities
Maintaining the libraries‘ premises
Salaries
Library material
--- decrease since 2011

4. Public Libraries Association http://zdruzenje-knjiznic.si/?lang=en
The main organisation that connects the Slovenian public libraries and represents their interests regarding policy, strategy, development and management issues.
Some activities:
Survey among members, users and non-users of public libraries, 2011
The Slovenian Public Libraries Development Strategy
School for public libraries‘ management (since 2014)
Annual Award for innovative projects
Public Libraries Supporting Social Inclusion (2015) / project, funded by Public Libraries 2020, connects impact assessment and advocacy
Development of the project of central acquisition and cataloguing service for all public libraries (2016) - still under discussion

5. Survey among members, users and non-users of public libraries in 2011
65% of respondents use public libraries: either they are members or they use them through children, relatives, friends etc.
97% of respondents support public funding of public libraries also in the future
76% of users still come to the library to borrow books; 72% to get information; 40% to use internet
Suggestions for future directions: support to users with special needs, services on local cultural heritage
Non-users: 60+, low level of education, pensioners, don‘t have school children
The first national survey among members, users and non-users of public libraries in Slovenia ever.

6. Internet based services developed by public libraries
Kamra, , since 2008
developed and maintained by regional libraries. A portal accumulates digitised local cultural content from libraries and other local cultural institutions such as museums, archives, local associations, schools.
Biblos, , since 2013
A platform for purchasing and lending e-books. It was developed in partnership between publishers and public libraries.
Goodbooks, since 2014
A platform, developed by 2 regional libraries, which promote reading of good books (only fiction at the first stage). It is opened also for users to comment, evaluate, share. Most public libraries contribute the descriptions of books.
+ national services: COBISS, dLib.si

7. Public Library Kranj is a regional library for Gorenjska

8. Gorenjska region Alpine region with diverse mountainous landscape
10% of Slovenian population: inhabitants
18 municipalities
Rate of registered unemployment in 2015 is 9,5 % – the lowest in Slovenia

10. City Library Kranj – the regional library
Gorenjska: 5 public libraries with 33 branches
Services
Remote access to educational e-resources for members of all Gorenjska libraries
Bibliographical database of important people in Gorenjska:
Free interlibrary loan
Regional editors for Kamra and Goodreads
Local studies – cooperation in the region
Digitisation
Training courses for librarians in the region

11. New library building in 2011
Central library in Kranj + 6 branches in Cerklje, Jezersko, Naklo, Preddvor, Stražišče, Šenčur.
inhabitants, in Kranj
7,3 % of imigrants ( increasing )
New library building in 2011
Merging of 3 separate libraries
5.400 m2
Previous shopping mall
Architect Edvard Ravnikar (the building is a cultural heritage)

12. Some numbers in 2016
Acquisition: books; NBM;
Stock: books, NBM
900 e-books
Members: ( 25% of population)
Visits: a year, a day
Events: 895 per year

13. Collections Film and music Prešerniana Local studies collection
Some old books
the oldest book from
1480 : incunabulum in Latin

14. Services Information literacy Since 2012
The programme changes every year
ICT courses - simple and advanced
Workshops: cloud computing, planing trips with google, digital photography, movie making, coding (scratch)
Smart phones
Summer and winter IT schools for children, coding
7.000 participants in 2016

15. Services Reading literacy - Children Family reading
Quiz Blue dog (actually green, but blue means also smart)
Dogs' bags

16. Services Reading literacy – Adults
Book reading clubs in the library and other places (homes for elderly),
Summer reading bags
Promotion of reading Slovenian authors
Mini summer library on the museum inyard and at the swimming pool.

17. Events Day of France Prešeren – national culture day
More than visitors in 8 hours
Music, debates, presentations
Quiz and workshops
for children

18. Events Playing Chess, go Improvisation performances (youth)
Movie evenings
Comics evenings
Exhibitions of Slovene illustrators

19. Human Library
Equalities tool that seeks to challenge prejudice and discrimination.
Books = people
Reading = conversation
The Living Library is an equalities tool that seeks to challenge prejudice and discrimination. It works just like a normal library: visitors can browse the catalogue for the available titles, choose the Book they want to read, and borrow it for a limited period of time. After reading, they return the Book to the library and, if they want, they can borrow another. The only difference is that in the Living Library, Books are people, and reading consists of a conversation.