Rijeka City Library aims to be the City’s cultural, educational, social and information centre. As a public library, it promotes democratic values and acts as the heart of the community. Founded on the principle of openness, it is a local access point to knowledge, information and culture. The library offers to the public a wide range of services and activities: core library services, Internet and PC access and education, reading groups, storytelling for preschool children, various workshops for children and teenagers, presentations of books and authors, exhibitions, professional meetings, etc. Rijeka City Library views itself as the primary local community partner, the critical factor for building a free society of informed, well-read, creative and connected individuals and supports realizing individual potential and overall social development of the local community by promoting a culture of reading, lifelong learning, innovation, and quality leisure time for citizens of all generations.