How to attract library patrons, build the community and show people librarians are cool? One of the ways to do this is organising Bicycool Library in your town.

The bike ride is both local and global event. We celebrate it in many different places and we collect our local community. At the same time each of us is part of huge international project.

Bicycool Library is a bike ride for book and bike lovers usually organised by librarians. The idea of the event was born in Poland and first edition was organised in May 2010. In 2012 it was organised in almost 100 places in Poland. This year it will be organised between May 1st and June 9th in many places all over the world.

One of main goals of organising the Bicycool Library is to promote reading and riding a bike as a way to spend time. Promoting libraries and fighting against stereotypes about librarians is also very important to organisers. They would like to show people that library is the place where they can find not only books, but many unusual interesting events as well.

The Bicycool Library is also helpful in library advocacy. This action helps libraries to collect community and show that library connects people and give them oportunity to do something together and simply to have fun.

There are many ways library can organise it and make local event attractive. Variety of ideas and inspirations for organisers are avaliable on the project website which is bicycoollibrary.org. Local organisers can also register there their local edition. This is the way to let organisers and librarians all over the world know how many local events will be organised. Also everybody will be able to see that a town is taking part in it, because every city, town and village will be marked on a special map showing “bicycool” places.

Bicycool Library Events May 29th 2013
Venue: Krishna Mandir, Magal Bazar, Patan
Time: Morning 8:00 AM
Events are:
Cycling for reading habit, Art Campatation for School children, Books Marks