France Bevk Public Library Nova Gorica

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Goriška knjižnica Franceta Bevka

Trg Edvarda Kardelja 4, SI-5000 Nova Gorica

http://www.ng.sik.si

goriska.knjiznica@ng.sik.si

Phone386 (0) 5 330 9100

Founded byMunicipality of Nova Gorica

 And 4 other municipalites (Brda, Kanal ob Soči, Miren-Kostanjevica, and Šempeter)

France Bevk Public Library is named after a writer France Bevk (1890–1970). It is situated in the town of Nova Gorica and performs the tasks of regional library for the Goriška Region. The library was founded in 1949 in Nova Gorica, in close vicinity to the Italian border. During the 1990s it became an important information centre, a function which was further enhanced in 2000, when it moved into a new modern building. It has branches in Bilje, Branik, Deskle, Kanal, Prvačina, Renče and Solkan, and since 1971 it also runs a mobile library service, which, in addition to a number of locations in the region, also visits two towns in Italy.

The library hosts several events, including exhibitions, literary evenings, storytelling hours, creative workshops, and book clubs. Due to the proximity of the Italian border, it welcomes a growing number of foreign visitors. A local collection is featured and maintained with special care and pride. The library participates in dLib.si and Kamra.si digital collections.

Cross-border cooperation

Cross-border cooperation is stimulated by way of various joint projects; the library, for instance, participates in the project Primorci beremo ("The Primorska Region Reads"), which joins libraries of the Primorska region and some in the Italian border region. It is an important part of the Alps-Adriatic libraries network, cooperating with libraries in Gorizia and Udine. This collaboration resulted in the joint project Film v knjižnici ("Film in Library"), during which a collection of acclaimed film titles was set up, which can now be viewed in the video room.

See also

• Municipality of Nova Gorica
• COBISS - Slovene Virtual Library

External links

• France Bevk Public Library website
• France Bevk Public Library on Facebook (in Slovenian)
• France Bevk on Wikipedia