Kaunas

Kaunas is located at the confluence of two rivers - the Nemunas and the Neris. It is the second largest city in the centre of Lithuania.

KaunasArendal

Kaunas County Public library

Kaunas County Public Library was founded 1st October 1950.

 In 2010 we are going to celebrate the 60-th anniversary

of our library .

There are two Electronic Directories about Kaunas history, its famous people and their commemoration in Kaunas County Public

Libraryhttp://atminimas.kvb.lt/ http://datos.kvb.lt/

E-directory “Kaunas: dates and facts” prepared the versions in English and German

Personal intentions:• To enjoy reading literature in a new

and creative way;• To improve and expand my English

language knowledge and skills;• To discover European writers;• To communicate with like-minded

people;

Rebel Project

Our activities • Meetings, discussions about WOMAN image in

Norwegian and Lithuanian literature;• Pleasure to share the impressions of books we had read;• Participation in the Vilnius book Fair 2010; • Meeting with a famous Norway writer Jostein Gaarder;• Find out interesting Quotations of Norwegian literature.

Henrik Ibsen (Hedda Gabler)

Herbjørg Wassmo Dina's Book

IngvarAmbjørnsen Elling

Meetings, discussions about WOMAN’s image in Lithuanian and Norwegian literature

Knut Hamsun Victoria

Marius KatiliškisMiškais ateina ruduo

Elena Kurklietytė Šešėlių verpėja.

Doloresa KazragytėLengvi vienatvės atodūsiai

Participation in the Vilnius book Fair 2010, meeting with a famous Norwegian writer

Jostein GaarderSophie's World

Jostein Gaarder• The truth is not 'out there' but 'in here'. • Nature ... has no laws ... apart from those invented by

humans.• We are all artists and creators. Henrik Ibsen• The great secret of power is never to will to do more than

you can accomplish. • Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.

Quotations from Norwegian literature.

Personal skills

• Artistic / literary;• Professional;• Language;

Artistic / Literary skill• The ability to discover new European

literature; • The ability to represent the writers’ best works,

their biographies, their main creative ideas, heroes etc. ...

• The ability to share feelings and emotions about literature.

• The ability to discuss the problems raised in literature with other readers;

• To compare the local literature with the foreign one.

Professional skill• The ability to work with adult readers while

encouraging reading;• Networking which leads to new projects; • Finding new ways of promoting books.

Also, sharing ideas and experiences with the project partners.

Language Skills Deepen one’s knowledge and skills in the native language as well as improve skills in foreign languages.