View source for France Balantič Public Library Kamnik

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| maintainer   = Anja Mrak
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{{Infobox
| name                = Kamnik Principal Library
| localname           = Matična knjižnica Kamnik
| street              = Ljubljanska 1
| town                = SI-1241 Kamnik
| telephone           = 386 (0) 1 831 2597, 386 (0) 1 831 1217
| fax                 = 386 (0) 1 831 1239
| email               = mkk@kam.sik.si
| website             = http://www.kam.sik.si
| founded by          = Municipality of Kamnik 
| founded by 2        = Municipality of Komenda 
| opening hours       = 9am-7pm Mon-Fri, 8am-1pm Sat 
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Breda Podbrežnik-Vukmir
| role                = Head
| email               = breda.podbreznik@kam.sik.si
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Established in [[established::1949]] following the merger of two libraries, [[Kamnik Principal Library|Kamnik Public Library]] covers the municipalities of Kamnik and Komenda. It runs branches in Duplica and Šmarca, a bookmobile, and mobile library material collections at nursing homes. 
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The library offers access to a wide spectrum of literature, and houses a reading room, where members can make use of dictionaries, encyclopaedias, handbooks, newspapers, and magazines, as well as access the Internet. Also found in the premises are a local collection department, a mountaineering department, a collection of Bavarian literature, donated by the Slovenian-Bavarian Society, a lifelong learning point, and a safe point, where children in distress can find support or shelter. Discussions, creative workshops, lectures, and exhibitions are all part of the adult programme held at the library, while children can take part in storytelling hours and various workshops. Home delivery service exists for those who are unable to access the library. To help other special needs users, books for the visually impaired, audiobooks, reading spectacles, and electronic magnifying lenses are made available, as well as a special corner designed to foster reading in children with learning disorders.   

In 2012 [[Niko Sadnikar]], head of the [[Josip Nikolaj Sadnikar Collection, Kamnik]], donated over 200 antique books to the Kamnik Public Library. 

== See also ==
*[[COBISS - Slovene Virtual Library]]
*[[Municipality of Kamnik]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.kam.sik.si Kamnik Public Library website]  (in Slovenian)

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