Registration in the Library is free for everyone, residents and tourists, and is necessary for lending, access to Wi-Fi, use of the digital library and online services.

How to enroll

If you are of legal age, you can self-register directly from the catalog by clicking on the “PERSONAL SPACE” menu at the top right, on Not registered yet?

Fill out the online form by entering all the required data and you will receive an email with your USERNAME (corresponding to the Library registration number) and a PASSWORD.

Alternatively, you can go to the Library carrying an identity document with you: you will fill out the registration form, hand it over to the librarian who will record your data and give you the registration card free of charge (with a USERNAME corresponding to the Library's registration number) and a PASSWORD.

For minors, the presence of a parent or guardian is necessary.

The registration will be needed to access the Library's services, both on site and online (request to borrow books and DVDs, download e-books, listen to audiobooks online, reservations on documents), and to enter your personal online space, where you can see your reading situation, current loans, your personal list, your saved searches, etc.

For readers already enrolled in one of the libraries of the SBN FRI Hub (the list of libraries can be found in the Reading in Friuli Catalogue), there is no new registration: just ask for authorization from the services of the Lignano Sabbiadoro Library.

Download the adult registration form

Download the child registration form

The loan is reserved for users enrolled in the Library.

You can borrow up to 5 documents per type of material (5 books + 5 dvd-films +5 music CDs + 5 magazines).

The loan lasts 30 days for books, music CDs and magazines, and 10 days for DVD-films.

Extension

You can request an extension of the loan, in the absence of reservations by other users for the same document.

Reservation

From the online catalog it is possible to know the availability of documents.

If a document is out of loan, you can request a reservation: upon returning to the Library, the user is notified by e-mail that the document is available.

Loan requests and reservations can also be made directly from the online catalog.

Those with overdue loans cannot borrow other documents.

Works not owned by the Library can be requested from other libraries through interlibrary loan.

To use the service, it is necessary to register with the Library.

• What can you ask for: up to 3 books not in our catalog, copies of scientific articles and parts of volumes, in compliance with copyright law.
• Duration and method: reading times and conditions of use (home loan or consultation only at our Library) are established by the library that owns the document.
• Costs: some lending libraries provide for reimbursement of expenses and this is entirely the responsibility of the requesting user.

For libraries

The Library performs the national interlibrary loan service and provides documents through ILL SBN.

Libraries that do not use ILL SBN can send the request to biblio@lignano.org.

Document delivery: for the exchange of articles and parts of monographs, the Library joins the NILDE library network, for a secure and timely management of requests.

Libraries that are not members of NILDE can write to biblio@lignano.org.

Reciprocity: the loan and document supply service is provided free of charge under conditions of reciprocity.

DIGITAL REPRODUCTIONS MADE BY THE USER

Based on Law no. 124/2017, which amended art. 108 of the “Code of Cultural Heritage”, library users can, for study reasons, freely take photographs with their camera, smartphone or in any case with means that do not require direct contact with documents, without the use of flash.

The respect of copyright for the materials subject to protection and the assessment of the state of conservation of the documents remain unaffected.

For Libraries

Document delivery: for the exchange of articles and parts of monographs, the Library joins the NILDE library network, for a secure and timely management of requests.

Libraries that are not members of NILDE can write to biblio@lignano.org.

Free Wi-Fi is available in the Library for registered users.

To connect to the Public Library network, use the password: Library01.

On the login screen that will open, enter your user credentials, i.e. the library card number and the password normally used to access your personal space.

A space to explore, between stories, games and discoveries. Children and teenagers can find books, activities, reading tips and initiatives designed to stimulate the imagination, cultivate passions and experience the library in a creative and fun way.

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With the Indaco Network, integrated into the Library catalog, registered users can borrow eBooks and access audiobooks and other digital resources, from home and at any time.

An eBook is a book in digital format that you read with a computer, smartphone, tablet or dedicated reader (e-reader).

The three types of eBooks you can find in the catalog:

• Commercial eBooks: protected by Adobe DRM; each loan lasts 14 days.
• eBooks in PDF format: they can be downloaded freely, without duration restrictions.
• eBooks in streaming: they can be read online, with no limit on the duration of the loan.

The PDF format can be read on any device; the EPUB format can be read on most devices, with the exception of Kindles, which do not support either EPUB or Adobe DRM.

How to borrow and read a DRM-protected eBook (guide)

1. Create your reading account

Sign up for free on ByteBooks (https://dtsbytebooks.com/): the account you get replaces your old Adobe ID.

Those who already have an Adobe ID account can continue to use the same account to borrow e-books.

2. Install an Adobe DRM-compatible reading app

• Computer (Windows, macOS, Linux): Adobe Digital Editions
• Android smartphones and tablets: Aldiko Classic
• iPhone and iPad: PocketBook Reader
• E-reader: the reading app is already installed

3. Authorize the app

Open the app, enter the settings and authorize it with the account created in step 1.

4. Register the loan

From the Library catalog, select the eBook, click Register Loan and enter your credentials. A file with the .acsm extension is downloaded. The download link also comes to you by e-mail and is available for the entire term of the loan in My space > Loans and consultations > In progress

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5. Open the file and read

• On a smartphone or tablet: opening the .acsm file starts the reading app, which automatically downloads the eBook.
• On a computer: Double-clicking on the .acsm file launches Adobe Digital Editions, which downloads the eBook.

How to transfer an eBook to an e-reader

Connect the e-reader to the computer with the USB cable: Adobe Digital Editions recognizes it as a folder and you just have to drag the eBook into it. E-reader and program must be authorized with the same account

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If the device is not recognized, you can manually copy the EPUB or PDF file from the download folder (usually Documents > My Digital Editions) to the e-reader's memory. For alternative modes, consult the instructions for your device.

Warning: Kindle e-readers do not support the EPUB format or Adobe DRM.

• search the online catalogue;
• borrow a document;
• book a document that has already been loaned;
• read the Library's news;
• manage your personal space: update your profile, consult current loans and history, insert comments on books read and movies viewed;
• access eBooks, audiobooks and other online resources through the Indaco Network;
• Ask for information with "Ask the Librarian"
• consult other online catalogs;
• download the BiblioLignano app;
• play and earn points with gamification;
• reach the Library's FB page.

The Library welcomes high school and university students for internships and internships.

Interested students can send the request to the library and, after an informational interview, the procedure is initiated with the reference schools.

After the conclusion of an agreement between the Municipality and the institute, a training project is drawn up for the internship or internship.

For information and applications write to biblio@lignano.org

The Library, in addition to conserving and promoting the heritage preserved in it, promotes the dissemination of culture and access to information in all its forms through multiple cultural activities:

• presentations of books and authors;
• conferences and conventions
• documentary, photographic and illustration exhibitions;
• creative workshops;
• educational and educational activities for young people and adults;
• outreach activity in collaboration with local associations;
• training courses;
• editorial editing of publications, catalogs, etc.

Scerbanenco @Lignano Prize, literary prize for the mystery story, and Lignano Noir Festival, which pay homage to the figure of Giorgio Scerbanenco, the writer recognized in Italy as the master of the mystery genre and who found inspiration and place of residence in Lignano.

Pupi & Pini, street and puppet theater festival for children and families;

Ernest Hemingway Lignano Sabbiadoro Award, literary event organized in collaboration with the Pordenonelegge.it Foundation

Midsummer Nights, a series of encounters between literature, journalism and music

The Library adheres to the following projects by promoting dedicated initiatives:

Born to Read: a national project resulting from the collaboration between the Italian Library Association, the Paediatric Cultural Association and the Onlus Center for Child Health, aims to promote low voice reading to children from birth. Born to Read

Born for Music: aims to bring children closer to the world of sounds and family music at an early age to promote harmonious growth and the child's relational well-being. It is promoted by the Paediatric Cultural Association with the Center for Child Health Onlus, in collaboration with operators who deal with early childhood. Born for Music

We read 0-18: a project of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region that actively promotes reading among girls and boys, girls and boys from birth and actively involves the world of schools, libraries, families and the entire regional community. Let's read 0-18

BILL - Library of Legality: a tool for spreading the culture of legality, responsibility and justice among younger generations through the promotion of reading.

BILL, Library of Legality | IBBY Italia

The Library pays constant attention to the school population, from kindergarten to higher education, promoting, with targeted activities, the right of children and young people to art and culture.

It offers annually a series of qualified proposals for expanding the training offer, addressed to the various schools in the area

“STARFISH OF THE SEA” KINDERGARTEN

Born to Read. Project “The Birth of a Reader” with the expert Luca Zalateu

Monthly appointments to bring children from 3 to 36 months and their parents closer to books and reading

KINDERGARTENS

Welcome to the Library

Meetings for small groups, agreed with the teachers, to learn about and explore the Library and its books dedicated to children aged 3-5.

Born to Read Project

Initiatives to share the pleasure of reading from an early age.

Christmas of a... sea

Theatrical performance reserved for children.

Library Exhibitions

Guided tours

The tribe that reads

A 'camp' is created where the pleasure of reading is transmitted from adults to children. Primary school children propose themselves as readers of stories to older kindergarten children

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PRIMARY SCHOOL

Welcome to the Library

Agreed meetings with the teachers, to learn about and explore the Library and its books, organized by the librarians. Update registrations and loans.

Library Exhibitions

Guided tours

Project Let's Read at School!

Periodic visits (e.g. once a month) to choose and renew loans of books intended for the school reading project.

The memory of wood. The memory of the Good

Storytelling and youth literature as a vehicle for the dissemination of culture and environmental responsibility. The project will implement the widespread Forest of the Righteous of Friuli Venezia Giulia where each tree is dedicated to the living memory of men and women capable of making choices of justice and peace Meetings with Damatrà's experts.

Children's Rights Day

Since 2011, the Library has been adhering to the “Charter of Children's Rights to Art and Culture” and proposes an initiative to highlight the anniversary of November 20 in the spirit of implementing this right.

LeggiAmo 0-18 FVG Project (Multisector agreement for the promotion of reading aged 0-18 in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region)

Growing Up Reading

A different theme accompanies the meetings conducted by experts from year to year.

The Tribe That Reads

A 'camp' is created where the pleasure of reading is transmitted from adults to children. In the Library, the children choose the books they want to tell the older kindergarten children.

FIRST GRADE SECONDARY SCHOOL

LeggiAmo 0-18 FVG Project (Multisector agreement for the promotion of reading aged 0-18 in the autonomous region of Friuli Venezia Giulia), which includes:

Growing Up Reading

A different theme defines the meetings conducted by experts from year to year.

BILL: the Library of Legality

The Library of Lignano Sabbiadoro, acting as a BILL (Library of Legality) headquarters, organizes meetings for children, conducted by Damatrà experts, through which it presents and conveys the rich choice of books that express the word “legality” in various facets.

Youngster

Meetings to promote reading dedicated to the 12-14 age group through methods suitable for involving the new generations, ranging from literature, to music, to cinema, to multimedia communication, conducted by Damatrà experts.

The Library of Living Books

In this project, the books are flesh-and-blood people who make themselves available to readers to tell their stories: third-graders will choose “living books” in the Library garden that they want to be told by the High School students.

SECOND GRADE SECONDARY SCHOOL

Reading yards

Meetings to promote reading conducted with an informal and engaging style, conducted by Damatrà experts.

Each student then chooses a book and prepares for the role of a 'living book' to be able to tell it.

The Library of Living Books

In this project to share reading, students, as 'living books', make up the catalog from which first grade secondary students can choose the 'living book' to listen to.

During the year, the activities indicated are integrated with additional initiatives, related to themes and special occasions, proposed by the Library according to the availability of the operators and agreed with the referring teachers of the individual school complexes.

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