A taste for reading is not expensive,
lack of language may well be
A young, maladjusted person, placed in
a residential institution, costs society
NKR 200,000 a month. A constructive
reading project for an entire local
authority costs 4-600,000 a year.
Norway’s single municipal reading project,
Øvre Eiker municipality, has
shown great foresight in its focus on
systematic training of school children
in reading and writing and has been
rewarded with some remarkable results.
Bibliotek Forum, 9/2001
Sweden
Nordic cultural policy undergoes a
change
A recent research report confirms that
there are considerable similarities in
the Nordic cultural political model.
Development in the Nordic countries
seems to run along parallel lines and
the objectives of their cultural policies
are equally rather similar.
In connection with the question of
convergence/divergence in the development
in each individual Nordic country,
the report examines at a g reat
variety of cultural political problems.
The project has received financial support
from i.a. the Nordic Cultural
Foundation.
Kultur & politik, 8/2001
A library for all
Today almost 40% of all Swedish public
libraries have been integrated with a
school library. The Swedish National
Council for Cultural Affairs has therefore
published an ‘inspiration’ catalogue
for politicians and public se rvants,
which discusses advantages and
disadvantages of this integration.
Statens Kulturråd 6/2001
Denmark
Promotion of music via Internet
– copyright issues
by Harald von Hielmcrone,
Statsbiblioteket
The libraries are poised and ready to
mediate music via the Internet. The
price for 1,000 music minutes, the
equivalent of 15-16 CDs is DKK
181,000,- all told. If copyright owners
wish to exploit the PR value which the
libraries’ promotion of music offers,
they will have to adjust the price level.
Referencen, 5/2001
Translated by Vibeke Cranfield
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