Libraries: Building Bridges for Interculturalism
In recent years we are witnessing a major change of
our societies to be a society where citizens
migrated to find a more prosperous life to be a society
is currently receiving a large amount of people
from very diverse backgrounds. This situation makes us live
So how about the other, a process of adaptation to new
situations, to know other realities, seek and find
new ways to help us, to each other, learn to
live with equal rights and duties, all this still
Utopia, but no longer has a purpose
desired.
One of the first utilities to discover the newcomer,
for sure, when it reaches the country, which became his
new home for a long time is, like the center of attention
ol’escola primary, the public library.
From this perspective, the public library he is
presenting a new challenge: to open up even more its
to show space with doors that will service
the entire population, but needed to make this possible
three elements:
knowledge and needs analysis
the different users of the community, the roads
that the library uses to connect with citizens and
the skills of librarians to design and equipment
run quality services.
In this issue of the Inquirer we open the doors
libraries active in this line, so know
activities, experiences and reflections result of labor
librarians and librarians who are working because
Libraries are places to build their own citizens.
You will also find materials on a selective guide
interculturalism, which we hope will be helpful.
The library space including space for dialogue
Group quarterly newsletter Catalan UNESCO Associated Libraries
WINTER 2005 Contents
FUNDS …
The bridge blue sea:
interculturalism and literature
EXPERIENCES!
WHAT WE HAVE DONE?
ABOUT U.S.
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The bridge blue sea:
interculturalism and literature
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Defons ..
Cyprus. Already years ago that Alexis Eudald
Sola had established relations
cultural relations between Cyprus and Catalonia, a
relationships that now have their
first fruit in the shape of
splendid demo tetralogy
Weather (1989), the maximum work
Pierides narrative and narrative
Modern Cyprus in general.
¿What can make this work
Pierides in Catalan literature?
Four things that literature
Catalan as the air we need
breathe. Firstly, a certain momentum
epic that was lost due
the rejection of postmodernism to
totalising ambition applied
the narrative. The book Pierides
recounts the modern history of Cyprus
well outlined in four sections: “Time
immutable ”
1946-1955 (the
years under the rule
English), Time
hard “, 1955-1959
(the years of struggle
for independence)
“Time
prosperity “, 1960 —
1974 (the year
freedom and independence)
and Time
suffering ”
1974 to
Currently (year
the loss of
freedom, the years
of exile, years of
the partition of the country).
Secondly, Catalan literature
can learn to use the reality
humble and to reflect more immediate and
universal design ideas. A
Pierides’s work, the four blocks
There can be no self-
culture,
so that it can self –
Independent of the relations and ties
with other cultures. Neither cultures
majority or minority languages.
This general principle does not
supports exceptions and so much so that
history teaches us
that cultures
to be
self respect
gone back
increasingly provincial
until
drowned or died
escanyades for
their own self-sufficiency.
The relationships between cultures
world must be open windows for
come on new ways of living,
new ways of thinking, new ways
express themselves. These new forms
of living, thinking themselves id’expressar
must be an enrichment for
culture that has received or
will receive. I always have to finish
significant in the short or long,
deepening knowledge
the culture itself. Can not be
never an excuse to abandon or supplant
their own culture, especially now
in this era of postcolonialism
and globalization with all its cargo
pressures supposedly universalist.
Perhaps the best way to understand
positive values of inter –
is from a recent example
model and metallic. I refer to the publication
the great modern classic of
Cypriot Literature, History of Cyprus
(Pages publishers, 2005), author
Iorgos Pierides (1905-1999), in
Ayensa magnificent version of Eusebius.
But before watching this closely
unusual collection of stories, I draw
the general context of the extraordinary
network of relationships and complicity that
has existed and still exists between the
Hellenic culture and neo-Hellenic and
Catalan culture
that serves as background
appearance
masterpiece of
Pierides.
In this sense
we must remember that
Greek culture has
entered in the background
Catalan culture for
three sources: the translation of classic works
and modern study il’aproximació
criticism, and finally the re –
literary
issues of origin
Hellenistic and neohel
· Lènic. To view
correctly
three
paths just
cite works such as
version
The Odyssey of Charles
Riba, various
versions of Constantine
Cavafy (the
Riba also of
John and Alexis Ferrate
Eudald SOLAS), the
delicious guide cultural
Paradise with
poets Mary
Angels Anglada, and great recreation
Homeric myth of the exile, Odysseus,
of Agustí Bartra.
And now comes the Catalan literature
first sample of the literature
“Relations between
of world
windows should be
fall open where
new forms of
live ”
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chronological are constructed from
a series of short stories, where
each story revolves around
a main character who embodies
some aspect timely vision
General epic that Cyprus offers
book. This subtle balance between
particularities and universality has been
overshadowed the
Catalan narrative
current obsession
for urban realism
exaggerated and low
deep.
Thirdly, the literature
Catalan
can learn
aesthetic benefits
and conceptual
arising from the use of narrative in
expressive registers own poetry.
Since the devastating dethroning
Modernism by the Noucentisme
early twentieth century, which
presence has a bad prose
in the field of poetic prose
narrative. I need not emphasize here
the loss of nuance and meaning
this is symbolic.
And, fourthly and lastly, the literature
Catalan can learn an important
lesson about loyalty,
identity and resistance
that national
inferred from the work of
Pierides. Here is
better than the yield
the same word
Pierides explained when
the dangers
threaten a community
subject to
indefinitely in
a situation of territorial occupation:
“The unbearable pain of principle
anger, the firm claims rights
that have been trampled, they can
subsituïts seen, treacherously, for
an attitude of melancholy perserverança
not differ much from
the routine fitting of the
Unfortunately, that is worse than
Unfortunately the same. “It’s so obvious the
parallel with the current situation
Catalonia should not be stressed.
Incorporating in Iorgos Pierides
Catalan literature means
the chance of a large enrichment
culture. Pierides can make things
Catalan literature that itself
alone, is incapable of generating
for now. People look
away things that do not have
and cultures as well. This is
deep sense of inter:
address the limitations and
following a substantial and beneficial
exchange with each other, get to develop
the full potential
inherent in oneself.
D. Sam Abrams
“Catalan literature
can learn a
important lesson about
loyalty, identity
and national resistance
which follows
Pierides’s work ”
4 Experience!
Collaborating with
Plan for Environment Education
The windows Joseph County Library
has initiated a program this year
Working in collaboration with
Classrooms receiving education institutes
Secondary Cervera and
included in the Education Plan
Environment of the Department of Education.
It invites boys and girls between 12
and 16 years, newly arrived in Cervera
from different countries to visit,
know and be trained to use
Library as a space of social relationship
and as a source of training and leisure.
Also invites those kids
they are the bridge partners
and guidelines for approaching the library
their families.
Agatha Alegre Batlle
Joseph County Library Ventanas
Cervera
Read, write, paint, dance, sing, sculpt, compose,
translate, interpret, … Are determined and courageous gestures, almost
always pleasant, towards lucidity.
Jaume Cabré
In these times we all live in a kind of shipwreck and
They have lifeguards are those that call for “Salvi’s
who can! “. Francesc Carbonell
The library
and Plan of Neighborhoods
On September 16 the shot was given
Out Plan for Neighborhoods
Development District 2
Terrace. Neighborhoods Plan 2005-2008
aims to improve the quality of social, cultural
and urban districts of Ca
N’Anglada, Torre-sana, Montserrat and
Vilardell. One program is “Building
cultural activities and libraryThat
directly manages the Library of
District 2 Terrace. Its aim
especially with increasing habits
reading in District 2.
The BD2 offers € 38,000 for
plan 2005-2008 and raised 4 activities:
1. Promotion of reading
2. Adequacy of funding needs
Specific users
The social right reading
The next ten years to 2006 will work in the libraries of Salt.
In this decade the human landscape of the village has changed in a way
important. Today, December 2005, we can speak of a thirty
percent of population coming from outside. As we have seen
from libraries? What can we say from our experience
about interculturalism?
Those who work in this space we talk about community reading
of their own experiences, our subjective viewpoints, but
this brief note of urgency does not. All we have lived it and
we are living differently. I just want to record
I thought of pursuing and that I need to share:
from the public library, when we talk about interculturalism
from concept to the social right to the reading public
everyone. And, as our human realities, speaking of this right
not only goes through good collections, buildings, furniture, services …
also happens to have enough staff and that it is prepared
to respond to new demands. If not, and
currently it is not, can not speak of equality law.
With the resources of local councils, in many cases less rich
country can not cope. Meanwhile, the Public Reading map, tool
pressure and compliance requirements, does not respond to demographics
current. There you can add external resources for projects
insufficient specific and can not be consolidated.
I think only from the Library Services of the Government of
Catalonia can outputs: should be able to listen realities
library of the territory and give concrete answers to the different
realities, without prejudice and see the public library as a space
location of immigration and social cohesion. The difficulties are not
cultural diversity (which I think are new possibilities) but
impoverishment of services to citizens.
George Artigal
In Massagran Library, Salt
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The Black and White
the Transportation Library
This is the book that was
presented to the library in Ruby
the framework of the XI Meeting of Diversity,
Solidarity and Peace, which
held annually in the city, organized
by various institutions and
Transportation entities.
Published by the GRAMC
Girona (Research and Action Group
with cultural minorities),
book
presents a
conversation between
Joan Manuel del
Pozo and Senegal
Aliiou Diao,
a European and a
African meeting in
an intensive dialogue
you want
Dismount a
series of topics that exist on
the issue of immigration and the
myth of the superiority of white over
black, because all cultures
values provide useful information for the advancement of
humanity.
We were able to attended
one of its authors, Joan Manuel
del Pozo, professor at the University
Girona, representatives of the Publishing
GRAMC as well as the councilor
Immigration of our City.
In a world where foreign immigration
is growing from day to day
and cultural diversity is increasingly
more obvious, such publications
help us to reflect on
pluralism of our society and
to prevent racist and xenophobic attitudes.
We believe that libraries are a
ideal framework for their dissemination and
help create more open societies
and richer.
Victoria Matthew
Library Board and Master Martin, Ruby
In response to the
diversity of citizens
The Library is Salvador Allende
one of four municipal libraries
Girona and as such has
mission of providing free access and
no limits to knowledge, thought,
culture and information.
Inaugurated in September 1998
has been consolidating as equipment
reference to the cultural district
Santa Eugenia.
The population of this library is
about 21,400 inhabitants (24%
of Girona), plus keep in mind
19.3% are a source
abroad and the total of such
represent 35% of total immigrants
the city. If we evaluate
Country of origin, we see that
the immigrant with more presence
is the origin of Central America
and South (1,739), in addition to this
sector of the city there are 44%
people originating from the Maghreb
(1,019) of all Gerona and 53% are
originating in sub-Saharan Africa
(473); all this, we should add
that its location is in the area
border between the municipalities of
Girona and Salt, especially sector
Salt on the number of immigrant
is greater.
This means that in this area occurs
result of a culture shock
coexistence of people of origin
diverse. The library is just
3. Welcome service and guidance
4. Start reading habits in children
and educate them in the service of
Library
Currently, we have initiated procedures
latter activity contracting
a part-time social worker
every afternoon for the infant room
library. In November
because we have this new
contained in the library. Its functions
are:
Specific functions:
? Set standards of behavior,
respect and cleanliness.
? Helping children and
girls in the research
information.
? Strengthening the interest to
learning and reading:
start small in
the habit of reading
encourage involvement
parents in the process
education and reading
children.
? Coordinate activities of reading.
? Support in workshops and storytelling
made to the library.
? Carrying out educational workshops.
? Collaborating on the functions
of library service: loan
order books and support …
library staff.
General functions:
Given the special characteristics
the type of users Bilbioteca,
tembé the educator shall:
? Enforcing the regulatory framework.
? Reduce the level of conflict.
? Ensure coexistence.
? Be an agent host integration
Social
? Make the library becomes
a space of social education in the district.
? Make the library becomes
a space for dialogue between cultures.
Mary Gental
BD2, Terrace
Library Salvador Allende, Girona. PHOTO: JM Oliveras
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? On the one hand, attempting to facilitate
maximum access to documents
adaptation to different background
realities of the area, ensuring that
background and interest to be varied
the users themselves, but favoring
integration of knowledge;
so we have a good collection of novel
Hispano, we signed
two journals
in Arabic, have books
children’s novels
this language and documents
to learn both Spanish
as the Catalan for newcomers.
? An attempt to adapt the services
and information about them
a population that often presents
difficulty adapting to standards
and regulations.
? In addition, we sought
find a balance in programming
activities to the extent
find activities that everyone can
result was close to other
you do discover other realities
as much or more interesting
a reflection of this situation, since
usually meeting place for both citizens
who have always lived in the area
newcomers as citizens. From
its opening, the composition
of library users has been
variation in the growth trend
population of immigrant origin.
Since the library has worked
under the premise that it must
a space for coexistence. There
taken several steps to undermine the
difficulties that this may represent shock
and has tried to make the difference
a socio-educational value. Despite
however, should not be denied that this has not
been easy, but understand that this
is one of the basic functions of
the library and continue in this direction
working.
In this sense, both in performance
multiple daily services, as
in the organization of activities has been
note the reference population
whom the library serves.
itself. Thus, in
recent years we have programmed
introductory courses on the Internet,
How to find work in the network, workshops
as henna tattoos and talks
and Housing: right or luxury? The
colloquy with Leila Karrouch writer
Nador to book Vic
etc..
? Finally, we should mention that,
as a library, participate in the
Local Environment Plan Santa
Eugenia, which integrates all
social and cultural
area and that, as in other towns,
aims to strengthen the action
education in order to meet the
challenge posed by the arrival of
new citizens.
We have a long way ahead,
but we lack energy to cope
the new challenges that society
changing and which gives rise to the
library must respond.
Library Salvador Allende, Girona
Library Salvador Allende, Girona. PHOTO: JM Oliveras
October
Day 6, Thursday 18:00 pm
Workshop writing and illustrating for children, by Rosa M. Curto. In the Library
Youth Can Butjosa walls of the Valles.
Day 13, Thursday 18:00 pm “Tales of China”, by John de Boer. The Library in the Massagran
Salt.
Day 14, Friday 18:00 h
Lecture “Feng Shui”, by Carmen Navarro. The Library Master
Martin and Transportation Panel.
Day 20, Thursday 19:00 pm
Gerard Quintana: A literary and musical journey. The Popular Library Santa Oliva
Olesa of Montserrat.
Day 22, Saturday 12:30 pm lecture “How to select books for our children.” Produced by experts
issues in books for children and families. Joan Olive in the Library of Vilanova.
Day 24, Monday 21:00 pm
Reading club Golden Booklet of Doris Lessing. The Library Ernest Lluch
Girona.
Day 26, Wednesday 18:30
Talk Parents Corner: “The fertility and adoption, the name, the process by …”,
Mercè Sanz psychologist. The Central Library Cornella.
November
Day 4, Friday 19:00 pm Lecture “Why teens do not read?” By Gemma Lienas. A
Library Panel Master Martin and Ruby.
Day 4, Friday 20:00
Otello and a lot of noise … Shakesperianes Stories of Mary and Charles Lamb. The
Central Library Cornella
Day 11, Friday 18:00 am “The evolution of vacuum contemporary Big Bang”, by Clown Cintífic Pep
One. Jaume Vicens Vives in the Library of Roses.
Day 11, Friday 18:00 am
Stories from around the world with Patio Sotomayor. The Popular Library Santa Oliva
Olesa of Montserrat.
Day 14, Monday 19:00 pm
Space reading for women. The Library Youth Can Butjosa of Walls
Vallès.
Day 18, Friday 19:00 h
Cultures in Contact: Dominicans in Premia de Mar. Meeting relationship and communication
between this community and Catalan. The Library of Premia de Mar Can Manent.
From 22 November to 2 December
Exhibition THE DEDICATED: We Forget: The Civil War and struggle
Franco – Hell Exhibition in libraries: books condemned by the Francoist censorship. The
2 Terrasssa Library District.
Day 22, Tuesday 18:00 am
Both Sides of the Moon, by Asha Miro. In the Martin and Master Library
Transportation Panel.
Day 24, Thursday “The basket of stories,” by Xevi Querol. The Library in Salt Massagran.
December
Day 15, Thursday 19:00 Conversations with report: control of neighborhoods of Barcelona. Conversation with Monica
Randall. The Village Library Sec-Francesc Boix.
Day 16, Friday 18:00 pm
Workshop for Peace “aimed at children. Presented by Imma Hernandez. In the Library
District 2 Terrasssa.
Day 16, Friday 18:00
Great superlectors closing. Presentation of awards to participants, closing ceremony
XeMa with the magician. The Central Library Cornella.
Day 19, Monday 15:15 pm
Workshop games by foot ascent Martin and Mercedes Palay. The Children’s Library
Youth Can Butjosa walls of the Valles.
Day 22, Thursday 18:00 pm
Play reading a snippet of Quixote in charge of the Chamber Theater Transportation.
In the Library Panel Master Martin and Ruby.
Quèhemfet?
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LIBRARY CAN CASACUBERTA
Min. Anton Romeu, 40
08912 Badalona
Tel.: 934 643 400
Fax: 934 640 213
Email: @ b.Badalona.Cc diba.Es
LIBRARY CAN MANENT
Camí Ral, 54
Premia de Mar 08330th
Tel. & fax:
937 510 145
Email: @ biblioteca.Premia.Mar kriter.Net
CENTRAL LIBRARY DISTRICT OF TÀRREGA
Plaza San Antonio, 3
25300 Tarrega
Tel.: 973 500 428
Fax: 973 500 552
Email: biblioteca@ajtarrega.Es
CENTRAL LIBRARY Cornell
JOHN N. GARCIA-NIETO
Father Andrew, 15
08940 Cornella de Llobregat
Tel.: 933 760 111
Fax: 933 760 009
Email: @ b.Cornella.C diba.Es
LIBRARY DISTRICT
JOSEP WINDOWS
Paseo Jaime Balmes, s / n
25200 Cervera
Tel. & fax: 973 530 813
Email: bibliocervera@bcjf.E.Telefonica.Net
LIBRARY OF IN Massages
Major, 204
17190 Salt
Tel.: 972 405 062
Email: @ massagran.
salt ddgi.Es
LIBRARY PALAFRUGELL
San Martin, 18
17200 Palafrugell
Tel. & fax: 972 304 809
Email: bibpalaf@ddgi.Es
LIBRARY DISTRICT 2
Saint Cosme, 157
08222 Terrassa
Tel.: 937 869 162
Fax: 937 869 163
Email: bibliotecadistricte2@terrassa.Org
LIBRARY Ernest Lluch
Zaragoza, 27
17003 Girona
Tel.: 972 426 368
Fax: 972 426 391
Email: bibliolluch@ajgirona.Org
LIBRARY CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH
CAN BUTJOSA
Health, 52
08150th walls of Valles
Tel.: 935 622 353
Fax: 935 623 760
Email: bibut@parets.Org
LIBRARY Jaume Vicens Vives
Girona, 22-30
17480 Roses
Tel.: 972 150 928
Email: bibros@ddgi.Es
JAMES LIBRARY AND VILLAGE EASTER
Major, 51
08790 Gelida
Tel.: 937 792 809
Fax: 937 790 100
Email: @ biblio.Gelida gelida.E.Telefonica.Net
JOHN OLIVE AND LIBRARY MILAN
Plaça de la Vila, 13
08800 Vilanova i la Geltrú
Tel.: 938 932 039
Fax: 938 142 425
Email: @ b.Vilanovag.Jo diba.Es
Coordination:
Unescocat
UNESCO Center of Catalonia
Mallorca, 285
08037 Barcelona
Tel.: 934 589 595
Fax: 934 575 851
Email: @ a.Cosials unescocat.Org
s.Marti @ unescocat.Org
Website: www.Unescocat.Org
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Roser Broom
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Integrated by libraries:
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Paseo de la Union, s / n
43820 Calafell
Tel. & fax: 977 691 284
Email: @ bvg.
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NEW HOUSE PUBLIC LIBRARY
INSURANCE
Denmark, 8
43882 Segur de Calafell
Tel.: 977 161 864
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Marti TEACHER LIBRARY BOARD
Joaquim Blume, s / n
08191 Rubí
Tel.: 936 998 453 / 935 887 000
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Municipal Library BINISSALEM
Culture Center
Can Gelabert
Portella s / n
07350 Binissalem (Mallorca)
Tel. & fax: 971 870 486
Email: biblioteca@binissalem.Org
DRY TOWN LIBRARY – Francesc Boix
Blaise, 34
08004 Barcelona
Tel.: 934 430 105
Fax: 934 414 752
Email: @ b.Barcelona.Ps diba.Es
POPULAR LIBRARY SANTA OLIVA
Salvador Casas, 22
08640 Olesa de Montserrat
Tel.: 937 786 699
Email: @ b.Olesam.So diba.Es
Municipal Public Library
OF SALOU
Speaker, 16
43840 Salou
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