People not allowed
On 1. July 2003 the Depository Library in Mo I Rana starts using a fully automatic book stock to which people won’t have admittance.
Bok og Bibliotek, April 2002, pp. 28-29.

Denmark

The Bishop and the library in Haderslev
Unique activity centre, best café-view in the town, extensive library services. Those are the immediate reactions to Haderslev’s new library and cultural centre, The Bishop.
Bibliotekspressen 8/2002, pp. 244-245.

The dream about the e-book
11 new titles are in the pipeline from the publishers Modtryk in co-operation with the Danish Resource Centre for e-books at Randers public library. The borrowers can ‘collect’ the books from the library’s homepage, but for a limited amount of time. The Swedish e-book publishers eLib have also been enthusiastically involved in the project. They have several years experience of safe electronic mediation, so when Modtryk sends a text across the Sound, the Swedes convert it and return the encrypted version to Randers and the borrowers.

Bogmarkedet 10/11 2002, p.26.

Do hens have uvulas?
This is just one of many curious questions being asked on the new Internet service for children “Ask Olivia”.
Børn and Bøger, 2nd April, pp. 15-17.

Sweden

Swedish cultural habits
Visits to the library are at the top of the list of cultural activities. 60% of all age groups visit the libraries once or several times a year. People flock to the cinemas, museums, theatres and concerts as never before.On the other hand, the Swedes are less keen on knitting, sewing and weaving.
The reading habits of the Swedes have changed slightly. The figures for books and weeklies have dropped a bit, while periodicals have attracted more readers. Looking more closely at the figures, it transpires that women over 45 are the keen readers. Men of all ages, younger women, children and young adults do not read as much as previously.
The survey has been carried out by the Cultural Council in co-operation with the Statistics Office.

DIK-forum 8/2002, p. 13.

Story-telling on the school timetable
In Ljungby senior pupils are having lessons in story-telling. They meet in the library to read, tell stories, day dream and rehearse.
The project has attracted much attention all over Sweden, because the imagination of children and young adults is stimulated by reading what others have written and praticed narrating themselves.

Barn & Kultur 3/2002, pp. 61-63

International

International backing for major library project
On the international ‘Book Day’ 23. April, a new, large research library was opened in the Egyptian port of Alexandria. The library, which has received funding from UNESCO, enjoys international backing and is expected to become a centre of research into Mediterranean culture and Arabia and Africa. The official present from Denmark is a Hans Christian Andersen room med multimedia and works by the author. The room will be ready on Hans Christian Andersen’s 200th anniversary in 2005.
The building is designed by the Norwegian firm of architects, Snøhetta.

DF-Revy 3/2002, pp. 62-63.

Translated by Vibeke Cranfield SPLQ:3 2002 35 SPLQ:2 2002