Written by Anita Ruder – Head of PR and Communication School 7, Den Helder, the Netherlands. For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/School7 is the public library of Den Helder a provincial town with 56.000 inhabitants in the north-western part of the Netherlands. It is a unique city that is surrounded by the…
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Hvalsoe Public Library, Denmark – A community pearl by the lake
Written by Library Planet editor Christian Lauersen, director of Libraries and Citizen Services in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark. For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ The city of Hvalsoe holds a population of 4.000 and is located between the larger towns of Roskilde, Ringsted and Holbæk on the Island of Zealand in Denmark. Hvalsoe is…
National Library of Portugal – A guarded fortress of great treasures
Written by Library Planet editor Christian Lauersen, director of Libraries and Citizen Services in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark. For how to contribute to Library Planet look here: https://libraryplanet.net/contribute/ You don’t automatically think ‘library’ when you walk the tree and flower surrounded path upto the massive building that houses the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, the National Library of…