Closer to the users
Opened in 2019, the media library covers 350 m² spread over three floors in the heart of the charming «Cité comtale» of Forcalquier. A true cultural haven, it is the mother house of the network of libraries in the country of Forcalquier-Montagne de Lure.
A mobile bookmobile purchased at auction and inaugurated two years ago ensures the networking of the rest of the territory consisting of 13 municipalities. Village squares come alive to the rhythm of his passage, schoolchildren on the lookout for his stories.
Sabrina Canicio, 26 years of library career and Director of the public reading network, with her 3 employees and 30 volunteers, has made the knowledge of her readership a real differentiator « At the opening of the media library, I was not for vending machines ready to keep in touch. Going to the public, listening to their desires, their tastes, advising them is what drives us on a daily basis. Exchange times always give pride of place to sharing The rotation of the collections is as close as possible to the demand. Each month sees the arrival of new books, each quarter of DVD. Here, everything is done so that each of the 3,780 active readers of all ages can find their happiness.
Passion animation
What makes the success of the media library is also the richness and diversity of its animations, no less than 42 for the year 2023 alone. To do this, the team can count on the density of the local associative fabric (cinema, Maison des métiers du livre, the Mirror factory etc.). Conferences, digital workshops, video game tournaments, storytelling hours or conferences around an author (recently Marine Rivoal and Yäel Hassan) are sold out. « We push the furniture » confesses the Director, who notably returns to the event In the bubble of…. Held each November in partnership with the association Croq'livres around an author, it offers over several days comic strip workshops and other musical readings in schools and exhibition rooms. The institution can also draw on the passions of its readership there is a lot of development of participatory library practices ” says Sabrina Canicio. “Earlier this year, the public was asked to co-construct a whole cycle of activities around bees. The end of 2024 promises to be punctuated by a musical theme around lutherie. In Forcalquier, culture everywhere and for all is enriched by «par tous».
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