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Editorial note
Ethnic minorities and the role the public library can play in helping
them ’find their feet’ and move towards a happy integration in their
new countries, is being looked into in more detail in this issue of SPLQ. Per
Rekdal from Norway considers the concept of a multicultural
society and suggests four very useful kinds of multicultural expertise on behalf
of the librarian: information skills, awareness skills,
cultural skills and social skills. Robert Vaagan, also from Norway, ponders the
question of multiculturalism and the significance of the
multicultural library. Swedish Marianne Lindberg discusses the report One in
five library users, which highlights the county libraries of
Östergötland and Jönköping’s policies in relation to the immigrant population,
while the other contribution from Sweden deals with the
project called Bridge of Words – integration of equal opportunities.
Multicultural cooperation on the net is flourishing, and both Finland, Norway,
Sweden and Denmark report on successful and
innovative services.
Finally, the Danish journalist Per Nyeng, has been posing some very interesting
questions to the director of the
Danish National Library Authority, Jens Thorhauge. The answers are both
informative and thought-provoking.
Jonna Holmgaard Larsen
Editor-in-chief
jhl@bs.dk
Legally responsible publisher:
Jens Thorhauge, jth@bs.dk
Editor-in-chief: Jonna Holmgaard Larsen, jhl@bs.dk
Assistant editor: Vibeke Cranfield, vhc@bs.dk
Co-editors:
Sidsel Hindal, sidsel.hindal@abm-utvikling.no
Norwegian Directorate for Public Libraries
Barbro Wigell-Ryynänen,
Barbro.Wigell-Ryynanen@MINEDU.FI
Finnish Ministry of Education, Dep. for Cultural Policy
Helena Kettner Rudberg, helena.kettner@kur.se
Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs
ISSN 0036-5602
Scandinavian Public Library Quarterly (SPLQ)
is published by the
Nordic Public Library Authorities
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