Library of the Year 2006

Here you can find out more about the year at the Library of the Year 2006. See pictures, read interviews and articles.

Åsa Lund Moberg, chief librarian at the Nordic Africa Institute, sums up the year of the Library of the Year 2006 in an article published in the Swedish journal DIK Forum 2007:10. She recommends her fellow librarian colleagues to take the chance to become the Library of the Year. The whole article is available in Swedish below.

When and how are our images of Africa created? The Nordic Africa Institute's seminar at the Book and Library Fair in Gotheburg. Time: Thursday, 27 September at 13:00-13:45. Place: Svenska Mässan, room K3. Read more about the seminar 2007-09-27. (In Swedish)

The Library of the Year 2006 visited London. In March 2007 the Nordic Africa Institute library did a study tour to London. Read more about the trip and see pictures 2007-03-29-30.

"Africa from a Nordic Perspective : The Nordic Africa Institute Library". A seminar arranged by SCOLMA, London. Åsa Lund Moberg presented the Library of the Year 2006. She also talked about the Nordic countries' relations to Africa and their influences on the collections of the Nordic Africa Institute library. Read more about the seminar 2007-03-29.

"Utgivning och publicering i och om Afrika". A seminar arranged by the Nordic Africa Institute library with Ruth Makotsi, author and publisher, as special guest. Read more about the seminar 2007-01-30. (In Swedish) 

Interview with Nils Hebo, the artist and originator of the Library of the Year challenge trophy, ”Konstruerat huvud” (‘Constructivist Head'). A certain degree of African inspiration went into the creation of the sculpture, which Nils Hebo himself calls “my rusty old man”, and which can presently be found at the Nordic Africa Institute’s library. Read the interview 2006-10-09.

Interview with Åsa Lund Moberg. The Nordic Africa Institute Library was appointed Library of the Year 2006 in competition with Håbo Library and Malmö University Library and IT Service. Some questions were put to the library’s Chief Librarian, Åsa Lund Moberg. Read the interview 2006-09-29.

Pictures from the Library of the Year 2006. The Nordic Africa Institute library was named the Library of the Year 2006 at the Book and Library Fair in Gothenburg. See pictures from the price cermony 2006-09-21.

Nordic Africa Institute's library named Library of the Year 2006. ”We are enormously happy to have received the distinction of Library of the Year 2006. This means a great deal to us at the Nordic Africa Institute, as it does to our users too, who have taken an active interest and whom I know have kept their fingers crossed for us." Read press release 2006-09-21.

Nordic Africa Institute's library - Library of the Year 2006. Read the press release of DIK on its website 2006-09-21. (In Swedish)