A space for finding out: • Our collection contains over 3,100 books,
300 DVDs, 100 CDs, 30 journals about health• Our website www.capculturesante.org offers help for finding
your way through the latest information about health. A space for meeting: • Every year, around 35 events provide an opportunity
for over 1,100 people to talk to others concerned with health: researchers, healthcare providers, patients…
Ask questions about health • We are not doctors – we are librarians!
Every year we answer over 200 questions via the Guichet du savoir [Knowledge Desk] and help the public in their searches for information.
Get started on an activity for your well-being• Once per month, "La santé en pratique"
[Health in Practice] allows about twelve people to try out out a discipline.
Some of our activities would not be possible without the involvement of our partners: universities and research centres, institutions, associations of patients and health professionals.
COMPREHENSION ACTION
The library is a venue for screening and prevention campaigns. Kidney disease, cancer, nutrition, diabetes, mental health, life-saving first aid...
PREVENTION PARTNERS
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Created in 2007 at Bachut Media Library, Cap'culture santé is a themed service of Lyon Municipal Library, dedicated tohealth and the body. It is run by 3 librarians who offer, free of charge, documents, events and services online to allow eachindividual to look after their health.
The library: a meeting point for health information in Lyon
The project is still in process. Let’us discuss together about• How to increase the effectiveness
of a service dedicated to health
in a public reading library?
• From library to health-education
facilitator – where are the limits?
Thank you for your efficiency
and your professionalism!Shyriu, web-surfer
Benefit / Sharing / Discovery. A fantastic momentwhich starts at the weekendNathalie, a workshop participant
A rich and high-quality reference point.
Christine, reader
Talking about health through workshops Cap'culture santé's room Working with searchers Learning by doing Médiathèque du Bachut, Lyon
bibliothèquemunicipalede Lyonwww.bm-lyon.frwww.capculturesante.org
HOW TO TALK ABOUT HEALTH IN A PUBLIC LIBRARY? FEEDBACK ABOUT CAP’CULTURE SANTÉ