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− | + | The [[Maribor Public Library]], established in [[established::1949]], functions as the regional library for the Podravje Region. Its main founder was the Municipality of Maribor, while other municipalities were either co-founders (Duplek, Hoče-Slivnica, Miklavž na Dravskem polju, Rače-Fram, Starše) or partners (Kungota, Lovrenc na Pohorju, Pesnica, Ruše, Selnica ob Dravi, Šentilj). | |
− | + | The [[Maribor Public Library]] manages a network of 22 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. The main unit and its branches comprise several departments and collections, such as a toy collection, a sheet music collection, music, and video collections, as well as audio book and large print book collections. To reach all its members, the library provides home and hospital library services to individuals unable to visit the library in person. | |
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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.
For a number of years now, Maribor Public Library 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 cooperation 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.
Culture.si offers information on Slovene cultural producers, venues, festivals and support services, all in one place. It encourages international cultural exchange in the fields of arts, culture and heritage. The portal and its content is owned and funded by the Ministry of Culture, funded by the European Union Recovery and Resilience Plan and developed by Ljudmila Art and Science Laboratory.