eLibrary is a virtual library with an access to up-to-date databases including researches, academic journals, articles, ebooks, video and multimedia content. It offers a broad range of resources useful in learning English, American history and culture, science and technology, social sciences and economics, environment and health, and more.  It also offers the access to both U.S. and international newspapers and magazines, including Croatian (view PressReader). You can view 21 quality U.S. digital magazines that cover current events, U.S. culture, and foreign affairs, such as Time, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, Forbes, MIT Technology Review, Wired ... (view in Flipster)

How to access eLibraryUSA? Visit the American Corner.

eLibraryUSA is available on American Corner's tablets.

You have to ask the librarian for the site access.

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FIRST LEGO League (FLL) is an international program aiming to inspire children's interest in science as well as curiosity, creativity, and teamwork. This year's competition was themed “Into the Orbit“ and included children aged 9-16, across 96 countries worldwide. The Croatian competition was held on January 19, 2019, at the Faculty of Electronics and Computing, University of Zagreb.   The collaboration of the Voltino Library and the American Corner resulted in launching LEGO Mindstorms workshops at the Voltino Library and preparations for the competition with the support of other partners in the community,

''10 Volti'', the Voltino Library Robo Team, participated at the FLL competition and received the certificates of successful participation with the 8th place among 16 Croatian teams. The team consisting of 10 children with two librarians as mentors was recognized as the first public library team participating at this national competition. 

Congratulations to our team for their fantastic achievement!

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Američki kutak Zagreb (osnovan 2006.) sa sjedištem u Knjižnici i čitaonici Bogdana Ogrizovića kontinuirano organizira kulturne i obrazovne programe. Od 2016. godine u suradničkim knjižnicama na još četiri lokacije u mreži Knjižnica grada Zagreba: Knjižnica Augusta Cesarca, Knjižnica Jelkovec, Medioteka Gradske knjižnice, Dječja knjižnica Marina Držića i Knjižnica Medveščak - Dječja knjižnica M2 razvijaju se specifični programi u kojima sudionici aktivno sudjeluju: radionice i interaktivni programi koji potiču razvoj na području STEAM-a, upoznaju se specifičnosti kulture SAD-a te potiče interkulturni dijalog. 

Knjižnica i čitaonica Bogdana Ogrizovića
Redovni i periodični programi:
Tematske izložbe posvećene obilježavanju važnih datuma, obljetnica, blagdana i tematskih cjelina
EducationUSA - upoznavanje s mogućnostima i uvjetima studiranja u SAD-u
Work Travel USA - upoznavanje s ljetnim programima boravka u SAD-u za srednjoškolce završnih razreda i studente
Terenska nastava engleskog jezika za učenike osnovnih, srednjih škola i studente visokih škola i fakulteta
Američka kultura i civilizacija - provođenje programa fakultativne nastave na engleskom jeziku u suradnji s Gornjogradskom gimnazijom
Gostovanja američkih i hrvatskih predavača s američkim iskustvom  - Fulbright Program, US Embassy, Alumni Croatia
Stručna praksa američkih i hrvatskih studenata
Media  Literacy 2019/2020 - novi tematski ciklus radionica o medijskoj pismenosti


 

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