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10/09/2013. Cooperation between the mobile library of the National Library of Karelia and the children’s book bus Bamper
On the 30th of August 2013 the mobile library of the National Library of Karelia and the Bamper held a joint event The Surrounding World and I in the central square of the city of Lodeynoye Pole. The goal of the event was to form teenagers' responsible attitude towards the surrounding nature.
The mobile library of the National Library of Karelia brought to the residents of the city an exhibition and a presentation Rare Books about Nature. Visitors of the mobile library saw unique editions of 18-19 centuries about the animal and the plant world, the mineral world, colorful illustrations (in some editions they were made by hand), read texts unusual for a modern reader, compare the quality of paper and printing.
At the exhibition there were albums about animal species by the Publishing House Belfaks, books about Karelian nature, reserves and different editions of the Red Book of Karelia.
The multifunctional space of the mobile library allows placing books, showing videos and presentations and using it as an exhibition space. In the framework of the event there was also a photo exhibition by Estonian Academy of Arts which revealed the national culture and architecture of Karelia. Most of the pictures had been made in the southern and central parts of Karelia in Prionezhsky, Olonetsky and Kondopozhsky Districts.
At the same time in the children book bus Bamper specialists told about modern children books, read and discussed texts with children.
After that Bamper went to Segezha. Residents of city visited mobile library and took part in an educational and entertaining program on the 8th of September. This day a meeting with teachers and librarians and a presentation The Surrounding World and I were held.
The book bus Bamper will travel further, and the Karelian mobile library, which travels around the districts of Karelia every week, will pick up a baton.