The physical libraries in the Nordic countries resemble each other and all other libraries in Europe, but their solutions for digital lending vary widely. It ranges from Denmark's "eReolen," which has 9.2 million loans a year, to Iceland, which does not have a digital lending service. The major differences are partly due to the fact that libraries do not have digital lending rights as they do physical ones, and therefore the national solutions are subjected to local priorities and market logic rather than internationally standardized solutions. There is a gap in the digital literature delivery across the Nordic countries and languages, such that Nordic citizens are cut off from being able to borrow digital titles from other Nordic countries.

Network funding forms part of the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture, which aims to enhance cultural and artistic collaboration in the Nordic and Baltic countries by funding travel, networking, and residential activities. Network funding provides a platform for co-operation and thus the exchange of ideas and knowledge between professional artists and cultural practitioners in the Nordic and Baltic regions.

This study on the effects of Network funding was commissioned by Nordic Culture Point in the spring of 2018 in order to gain insight into the long-term effects of funding and to examine its results for professional artists and cultural practitioners in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Data for the analysis was obtained through both qualitative and quantitative methods.

The results show that networking is beneficial not only for its own sake, but also for the professional development of the recipients and the entire artistic or cultural field that they represent. Network funding is perceived as valuable amongst professional artists and cultural practitioners.  

Hur kan pedagogiska stödmaterial kring bilderböcker vara till hjälp för läsfrämjare som vill ta in böcker på andra nordiska språk i undervisningssituationer och boksamtal med barn? Rapporten "Så upptäcker barnen de nordiska bilderböckerna" presenterar följeforskningsresultat från läsfrämjandeprojektet Den nordiska bokslukaren, som sedan 2021 skapat pedagogiskt stödmaterial till bilderböcker från alla nordiska länder, gratis och på alla nordiska språk. Resultaten visar på att den metod för läsfrämjande som projektet byggt upp tagits emot väl. Läsfrämjarna i referensgruppen uppger att metoden väcker läslust och sporrar analysförmåga hos barnen, att de producerade materialen underlättar användandet av nordiska bilderböcker i lässamtal med barn, att materialet håller hög kvalitet och att projektet som helhet ökat läsfrämjarnas egen kunskap och kännedom om nordiska bilderböcker.