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The Multilingual Library and Norwegian libraries as multicultural arenas
Oddbjørn Hansen
The Multilingual LibraryOslo
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Multicultural Norway 2013
700,000 immigrants = 14% of the population
Substantial immigration since 2005 from EU member countries such as Lithuania, Poland and Romania
28% of Oslo’s population come from an immigrant background
There are immigrants in all municipalities of the country
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The Multilingual Library is a centre of expertise for multilingual library services in Norway
• 13 employees from Norway, Poland, Argentina, Pakistan, Iraq, and other countries
• 25 freelance staff with diverse language expertise
• Collection of 130,000 books, CDs, DVDs in 47 languages
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Most borrowed languages from The Multilingual Library in 2012
1. Urdu
2. Russian
3. Arabic
4. Polish
5. Farsi
6. Somali
7. Spanish
8. Vietnamese
9. Turkish
10.Thai
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Visiting authors of children’s books
Iranian children’s writer Mohammad Reza Yousefi
Lithuanian children’s writer Kestutis Kasparavicus
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Celebrating religious holidays of many cultures
Russian Christmas party
Russian Christmas party
Russian Christmas party
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Signs and posters in different languages
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Digital photo frames in the bookshelves
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Travelling exhibitions
• The world of Astrid Lindgren
• I speak football
• Wedding customs around the world
• A journey through Islamic art
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Buskerud County Library in the city of Drammen
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New in the County of Buskerud: Newcomer’s zone
A library model focusing on newcomers in a community
The libraries make a newcomer’s zone in each library
Implementation in three public libraries in 2013
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Newcomer’s zone
• Central place in the library, signs in many languages
• Local and multilingual literature, DVDs, music, newspapers
• Brochures and digital information about the city and the county
• Reading circles for immigrants, language courses
• Pointers for content, services and activities other places in the library and in the community
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Bergen Public Library
«Laptop» Club and Language Café
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The library is the cultural institution that reaches the most immigrants
User studies
1998: The use of public libraries
2008: City study. Who are they and where do they go : user behaviour in Norwegian city libraries
2010: Newcomers, the libraries and the new labour immigrants