Interlibrary

Interlibrary celebrates the good work being done by libraries all around the world. Each episode focuses on a different country with several interviews that feature personal stories of libraries making a big difference in people's lives.

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Interlibrary Episode 3: Greece

Episode 3: the Athens Comic Library in Greece has a wide collection of comics and provides compassionate, fun programming to locals and refugees. It also organized Greece Refugee Week! Great people, a great library.

Sep 25, 2022•26 min

Episode 2: Bhutan

Bhutan has one municipal public library and a lot of rural isolation, as well as increasing migration from rural to urban areas. It also has people working hard to make libraries a big part of national development. In this episode of Interlibrary I interview four people: Sonam Wangdi, academic librarian at the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment in Bumthang; Laxmi Subba, school librarian at a school in Gelephu, in the south of the country; Tshering Phuntsho, municipal publ...

Oct 28, 2018•1 hr 2 min

Guatemala

Guatemala has no library system, a low literacy rate and geographically remote communities. I interview four library organizations to find out how they're approaching the problem. I speak to William Cartwright, President and CEO of international NGO Rieken Foundation, that builds community libraries in remote communities in Guatemala and Honduras; to Rigoberto Zamora and Myrna Ortiz of Guatemala NGO PROBIGUA that began its work with a bibliobus and now builds libraries and schools; to Cecilia Do...

Aug 26, 2018•48 min

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