Program

— Nordic Libraries Together 2024: Helsinki

Wednesday, September 4th to Friday, September 6th

 

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Wednesday September 4

18:00 Get together at Helsinki City Museum

Address: Aleksanterinkatu 16, Helsinki

 

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Thursday September 5

Location: Helsinki Central Library Oodi

8:30 Registration

9:00 Welcoming remarks

9:15 Keynote Speaker: Kriticos Mwansa – Make Books Cool Again: The Book Club for people that didn’t read the book

10:15 5 x 10-minute presentations (order subject to change):
Unnar Geir Unnarsson: Ylfa and Úlfur, Let’s Read the Whole World!
Joanna Pacula: Deep reading – a small strategy for a big crisis
Johanna Juvonen:Activist diploma as a tool for environmental literacy and active citizenship
Žydrūnė Tichanavičienė: Libraries leading Media Literacy Development in Lithuania
Emilia Koski and Lena Sågfors:The special task of promoting children and young people’s reading and literacy in Finland

11:30 Q & A

11:45 Lunch

12:45 Workshops
-Make Books Cool Again: The Book Club for people that didn’t read the book (Kriticos Mwansa)
-Ylfa and Úlfur, Better than the Book: For those who struggle with reading and hesitant readers, the performing art offer a concrete way to grasp the stories. (Unnar Geir Unnarsson)
-Inequalities in literacy among children and young people are increasing: what can public libraries do? (Emilia Koski and Lena Sågfors)
-Shared reading for adults : a tool to open up literature and perhaps to make a chance in peoples life (Susanne Gilling and Karina Høyer)
–The power of fiction: How literature offers a response to feelings of loneliness among children and youth (Sif Lüscher Rauff and Lise Kloster Gram)
–Deep reading in practice. How to build screen-free activities for adult patrons at our libraries. (Joanna Pacula)
–From books to books : Understanding copyright and the legal use of content. PP – Paper vs. Populism. Participants will develop their creativity while following ecological and informational ethics. (Žydrūnė Tichanavičienė)
–Libraries as eco-social rebellions – What prevents libraries from taking a more visible role in environmental issues? Upgrade your library to the next level with your nordic colleagues (Johanna Juvonen, Tuula Rönkä, Liisa Uimonen)

14:00 Workshop sum-ups

14:30 Coffee / Tea

15:00 3 x 10-minute presentations (order subject to change):
Riitta Hämäläinen: Multilingual bedtime story bookshelves in kindergardens
Kelli Pullisaar: TikTok and libraries: how to popularize reading among the younger generation
Hanna Kleemola: Literary activities as promoters of reading and writing

15:45 Q & A

16:00 Tour of Oodi

 

19:00 Dinner at Restaurant Perho (address: Mechelininkatu 7)

 

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Friday September 6

Location: Helsinki Central Library Oodi

9:00 Keynote speaker: Leea Lakka – “We are not gonna read that book” Libraries, Youth and the Polarization of Reading 

10:15 Break

10:30 Round table discussion

11:30 Reflections and closing

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Library tours (in 2 groups)

13:00 Oodi (this tour option is for those NOT travelling to visit the Myllypuro/Kalasatama libraries)

13:45-14:45 Myllypuro library / Kalasatama library

14:45-15:15 travel to next location

15:15-16:00 Kalasatama library / Myllypuro library

 

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Speakers and workshop facilitators

Kriticos Mwansa (Brussels, Belgium)

Leea Lakka: (University of Turku)

Unnar Geir Unnarsson (Reykjavik City Library)

Joanna Pacula (Bergen Library)

Kelli Pullisaar (Tallinn Central Library)

Emilia Koski and Lena Sågfors (Seinäjoki City Library)

Žydrūnė Tichanavičienė (Vilnius County Adomas Mickevičius Public Library)

Riitta Hämäläinen (Helsinki City Library)

Susanne Gilling and Karina Høyer (Aarhus Public Libraries)

Sif Lüscher Rauff and Lise Kloster Gram (Aarhus Public Libraries)

Johanna Juvonen (Helsinki City Library)

Hanna Kleemola (University of Jyväskylä)

Tuula Rönkä (Helsinki City Library)

Liisa Uimonen (Helsinki City Library)