Maribor Public Library

Established in 1949, the Maribor Public Library functions as the regional library for the Podravje Region. It manages a network of 18 branches and a mobile library service. The library is committed to offering its users access to information, education and culture in the broadest possible sense. Comprising the main unit and its branches are several departments and collections, for example, a collection of toys, music and video collections, sheet music collection, as well as audio book and large print book collections. Library-goers of all ages can take part in a number of events and activities organised by the library, such as literary evenings, book clubs, exhibitions, lectures, and story-telling hours. Elderly users can choose among educational courses and monthly meetings with lectures, while a lifelong learning point is also located in two of the library's units. In an effort to reach all its members, the library provides home and hospital library services to individuals unable to visit the library in person. For a number of years now, it organises an annual festival of fairy-tales and story-telling, which offers a variety of activities and performances, including an educational course in the art of story-telling. The library is open to the development of new activities and welcomes co-operation with similar institutions in Slovenia as well as abroad.

The library publishes Otrok in knjiga ("A Child and a Book"), an internationally-acclaimed journal dedicated exclusively to youth literature.

The library is the headquarters of the Library Association of Maribor.

External links

Maribor Public Library website

Maribor Public Library

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