Ljubljana City Library

The Municipal Library of Ljubljana is the biggest public library in Slovenia. It was established in 2008, when Oton Župančič Library, Bežigrad Library, Slovanska Library, Prežihov Voranc Library, Šiška Library and Jože Mazovec Library, which used to be separate institutions, consolidated. In 2011 a new library in Zadvor was also opened within the Municipal Library of Ljubljana, which performs the tasks of regional library for the central Slovenia region.

In 2008 the library's collection was comprised of 1,647,900 titles. Its units had 97,518 members and were visited 2,245,186 times. The library organised 3,276 events, which had 161,776 visitors.

International cooperation

Alongside maintaining its collection and organising numerous events for children, youth and adults, the Municipal Library of Ljubljana and its branch libraries actively engage in local, national and international projects which promote learning, library usage and literary skills.

Among its international projects, the library is currently participating in the project EASY Incl.: Easy to join education – Inclusion for all! (2008–2010) with 10 partners from 6 countries (Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland, and Turkey). The project is funded in part by the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Programme.

Past projects include: ENTITLE: Europe's New libraries Together In Transversal Learning Environments (2007–2009) with 13 partners from 12 countries and supported also by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union; TUNE: Training of Library Users in a New Europe (2005–2006) a project of the Oton Župančič Library in partnership with libraries in Denmark, Spain, and Sweden, supported by the Culture 2000 programme of the European Union; and PuLLS: Public Libraries in the Learning Society (2004–2006) supported by the European Union's Gruntvig/Socrates programme.

Municipal Library of Ljubljana is a member of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and houses the office of the Slovene Section of IBBY.

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