In October a group from Tbilisi visited Stockholm and made visits to all sorts of librarys for children and young adults. The participants were Nino Kaiaja from Tbilisi City Council, Lia Maganishvili, director at the Youth Palace, Rodami Tsomaya, assistant to the director, Ketavan Kalandadzem, head librarian at the Youth Palace, Tamar Machavariani, librarian at the Youth Palace, Lili Jeladze, journalist (from the Georgian magazine On education) , Natia Gvianishvili, researcher and interpretor, and Georg Ivanishvili, from the Departement of Sports and Youth.
The purpose of this study trip was to give the librarians working in the Youth Palace and the leadership of the palace inspiration and new ideas that might be fruitful when discussing the plans for a new library. Our aim was to give a broad picture of what a library for children and teenagers could
look like, many different ways of working towards children, parents, teenagers and families. We also wanted to give the group a chance to meet different persons who had designed libraries for children and teenagers, to see different perspectives and ways of approaching such a task.
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| The interior of the childrens book's bus, a bus with a childrens library, which goes to kindergardens and other daycare centers. Lia Maganishvili listening to interpreter Natia Gvianishvili. |
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| Librarian Ylva Håkansson shows how to make small children interrested in books at Luma library. Luma library is located in an old lightbulb factory. |
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| Project coordinator Marie makes new friends at Junibacken, a cultural center designed to childrens books and Astrid Lindgren. Below, how can you advertise when you are a library? Exampel from Uppsala. |
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| A tea break in a hectic program. Librarian Tamar Machavariani and an interresting teapot. | Below: librarian Anne Dehaim tells about the program for teenagers and young adults. |
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| At Sävja, a mulitcultural suburb of Uppsala, where we met enthusiastic librarian Nino Dawod who talked about how to make the library a community center. |
