Purpose: The Public Library of Bergen aims to facilitate a learning hub centred around language and intercultural meetings between Norwegian residents and new-comers.
Stimulus/Rationale: The motivation behind the initiative is to enhance the inclusion and integration of new-comers in Norwegian society as well as expanding Norwegian residents’ intercultural knowledge and foreign language skills.
Process: The Public Library of Bergen offers a variety of Norwegian and foreign language courses and cafés, provides books and newspapers translated in several languages, and facilitates the project Language Friends where two people can “switch” language with one another.
Impact: The expected impact is to create meaningful cultural encounters between Norwegian residents and new-comers through language activities.
Key reference documents: https://bergenbibliotek.no/spraak
