Yearly Archives: 2013

Choreographing content, Facebook strategy, giving multiple perspectives on a single subject and the overconcern with the death of libraries. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your […]

The story behind TWIL. The most interesting libraries around the world. Fanmail and the potential of podcasting. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose […]

Ville Oksanen (Electronic Frontier Finland) talks about Lex Snowden, a citizens’ legislative initiative that would criminalize excessive surveillance of citizens and enhance protection of whistle-blowers in Finland. Reporter: Päivikki Karhula […]

The story of the Library of Parliament is a part of the history of Finnish society. The library being open to everyone since 1913 is a good example of Finnish […]

Live-stream recording from the Announcement Event 14th of June 2013 in Helsinki Music Centre. Winners and the other Rewards of the Open International Helsinki Central Library Competition “The Heart of […]

A group of youths from Ireland, Italy and Finland visited the Kouvola main library’s Mediamaja and recommended books, music and movies, at the same time learning about filming, sound recording […]

The Gateway to the World is situated in Namibia’s capital, Windhoek, in the Katutura district. The documentary follows two young people in the poor Greenwell Matongo area, where the library […]

The documentary film Gateway to the world takes place in Namibia’s capital city Windhoek, Katutura suburban area. In the film, two young library users are followed around the poor Greenwell […]

In the “Tuunaa kirjasto” project, the renovation of the Hakunila library is planned together with the customers and implemented with the help of the partners. The video has been imported […]

Doloresa Veilande, the Library Director of Riga Central Library in Latvia tells about the lending point of Riga Central Library at the day centre for homeless and poor inhabitants of […]

Richard Russo performed at the Prosak Prose Club organized by Nuoren Voiman Liitto in September of 2012 at the National Theater’s Lavaklubi in Helsinki. In the video David McGuire from […]

Libraries are for sure important places. In fact, they can contribute to creating a stronger society. By providing information and related services, they may actually even help individuals in rising […]

Catching the twinkle in the customer’s eye, authenticity in communication, The Alpe d’HuZes project and storytelling for companies. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly […]

‘Libraries Now! – Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering’ is a theme in which the International IFLA Conference World Library and Information Congress gathered in Helsinki from 11th to 17th August 2012. An […]

Greetings from Jarkko Tontti, the President of Finnish PEN, to Cycling for libraries -event 2013. More information: Cycling for libraries Video: Tuomas Lipponen Music: Cycling through Ikeburo by Koen Park

Librarian Mia Dimblad from Culture Department of Hässleholm, Sweden, tells about her project “Warning – read on!”. Read more: The Nordic-Baltic Library Meeting 2013 Filming: Panu Somerma Editing: Tuomas Lipponen […]

Cycling for libraries is a politically and economically independent international unconference for librarian and librarylovers, and a bicycle tour. Cycling for libraries supports grassroots networking, and internationalism, physical and mental […]

Greetings from Tuula Haavisto, the director of Helsinki City Library, to Cycling for libraries -event 2013. More information: Cycling for libraries Video: Tuomas Lipponen and Panu Somerma Music: Cycling through […]

Delpher, organisational boundaries, the quality of OCR and Big Data and stepping over your own shadow. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of […]

Jennefer Nicholson, IFLA Secretary General, tells the latest news from IFLA’s Trend Report. Read more: The Nordic-Baltic Library Meeting 2013 The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Filming: […]

Greetings from Hans van Velzen, the director of Amsterdam Public library, to Cycling for libraries -event 2013. More information: Cycling for libraries Video: Tuomas Lipponen Music: Cycling through Ikeburo by […]

Cycling for libraries is a politically and economically independent international unconference for librarian and librarylovers, and a bicycle tour. Cycling for libraries supports grassroots networking, and internationalism, physical and mental […]

Cycling for libraries is a politically and economically independent international unconference for librarian and librarylovers, and a bicycle tour. Cycling for libraries supports grassroots networking, and internationalism, physical and mental […]

Creating an open environment for reading and research, all shades of grey of copyright, bringing together libraries, archives and museums and new ways of accessing digital collections. This and much […]

Librarian generations, Library schools and landscapes in Canada, the role of sharing in the library community and the library as a 3rd place? This and much more in this week’s […]

Birgitta Jónsdóttir is a member of the Icelandic parliament (Pirate party), poet, writer and an activist with a passion for freedom of speech and internet to name a few things. […]

Julie Hendrickx from Flemish Association of Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres sends greetings to Cycling for libraries -event 2013. More information: Cycling for libraries Video: Tuomas Lipponen Music: Cycling through […]

Cycling for libraries is a politically and economically independent international unconference for librarian and librarylovers, and a bicycle tour. Cycling for libraries supports grassroots networking, and internationalism, physical and mental […]

Greetings from Vincent Bonnet, the director of EBLIDA, to Cycling for libraries -event 2013. More information: Cycling for libraries Video: Tuomas Lipponen Music: Cycling through Ikeburo by Koen Park

Greetings from Sinikka Sipilä, the IFLA President-Elect and Secretary General of Finnish Library Association, to Cycling for libraries -event 2013. More information: Cycling for libraries Video: Tuomas Lipponen Music: Cycling […]