Discover more about Learning Circles and become a facilitator!

How it started

Start a Learning Circle right in your public library! Find out more about how this project started and discover why it is important for adults to continue to learn, during all their life, reading the White Paper below!

Learning Circle Toolkit

First and foremost, we have put together for the librarians interested in up-skilling or looking for new opportunities in terms of personal development within the context of new library services a guide on adult education.

The Facilitator Handbook

This Facilitator Handbook was developed as part of the Learning Circles in Libraries project, oriented at making adult learning more organized, interactive and fun. The purpose of this handbook is to help facilitators understand how people acquire knowledge through self-learning, as well as how they learn from others, so that they could subsequently train facilitators in running their own Learning Circles. This manual will guide you at every step of the process.

Facilitating Learning Circles – Facilitator Handbook is composed of 4 parts. The first part brings the concept of learning circles closer through a complete course, designed as a learning circle. By completing this course, you’ll gain a better understanding of the concept, as well as its methodology, and can further use this course to train future facilitators.

Part2: Self-Learning of this Facilitator Handbook is devoted to the concept of self-learning.

Part 3: Facilitating Learning Circles explores how to best facilitate Learning Circles.

Finally, Part 4: Virtual Learning Circles provides practical tips on running the Learning Circles online.