Bókasafnið

						Starfsmenn bókasafna á Austurlandi á námskeiði á Egilsstöðum

Bókasafn ME - Vinnuaðstaða nemenda í ME hefur batnað til

muna

Bókasafn ME - Ingibjurg Bergmundsdóttir í tímaritahorninu

Samvinna bókasafnanna á Austurlandi er með

ágætum og hefur t.d. skapast sú hefð að haust- eða

vorfundur starfsmanna bókasafna á Austurlandi er

haldinn á þeim stað þar sem safn hefur tekið mestum

breytingum. I nóvember 2006 var haustfundurinn

haldinn á Reyðarfirði og vorfundurinn 2007 var á

Stöðvarfirði.

Abstract

Development of libraries in eastern Iceland

Since the year 2000 there have been great changes in the

development of housing of the public and school libraries

in eastern Iceland. Previously the library buildings were

small and inconvenient, but now many of the libraries

have been moved into new locations, and in most cases it

ís due to the constructing of new schools. Putting together

public and school libraries has proved to be successful, so

that has become the most common model of libraries in

eastern Iceland. After 2007 only three libraries will remain

as public libraries, i.e. the public libraries of Seyðisfjörður,

Fáskrúðsfjörður and Egilsstaðir. Examples of libraries

are those of Vopnafjörður, Eskifjörður, Neskaupstaður,

Stöðvarfjörður and Reyðarfjörður and soon there will be

a new library building at Fáskrúðsfjörður. The range in

size of the libraries varies, as they can be from 120 m 2 to

over 260 m2. What they do have in common, hovever, is

offering an easy access for students as well as employees

and the public, as most of the libraries are situated on the

ground floor of the buildings.

BÓKASAFNIÐ 31. ÁRG. 2007

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