Editing Aarhus (section)

===Libraries and community centres===
[[File:Dokk1 version 3.jpg|thumb|[[Dokk1]] at the harbour front]]
[[public library|Public libraries]] in Denmark are also cultural and community centres. They play an active role in cultural life and host many events, exhibitions, discussion groups, workshops, educational courses and facilitate everyday cultural activities for and by the citizens. In June 2015, the large central library and cultural centre of [[Dokk1]] opened at the harbour front. Dokk1 also includes civil administrations and services, commercial office rentals and a large underground robotic car park and aims to be a landmark for the city and a public meeting place. The building of Dokk1 and the associated squares and streetscape is also collectively known as Urban Mediaspace Aarhus and it is the largest construction project Aarhus municipality has yet undertaken.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanmediaspace.dk/en/dokk1.html|title=Dokk1|publisher=Urban Mediaspace Aarhus|access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> Apart from this large main library, some neighbourhoods in Aarhus have a local library engaged in similar cultural and educational activities, but on a more local scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aakb.dk/biblioteker|title=Biblioteker|language=da|publisher=Aarhus Kommunes Biblioteker|access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>

The [[State and University Library, Denmark|State Library]] (''Statsbiblioteket'') at the university campus has status of a [[national library]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.statsbiblioteket.dk/about-the-library/mission-vision-and-strategy/mission-vision-and-strategy|title=Mission, vision and strategy|publisher=Statsbiblioteket|access-date=29 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729211306/http://en.statsbiblioteket.dk/about-the-library/mission-vision-and-strategy/mission-vision-and-strategy|archive-date=29 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city is a member of the ICORN organisation ([[International Cities of Refuge Network]]) in an effort to provide a safe haven to authors and writers persecuted in their countries of origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icorn.org/city/arhus|title=Cities|publisher=ICORN|access-date=16 December 2014|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006061020/http://icorn.org/city/arhus|archive-date=6 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

There are several cultural and community centres throughout the city. This includes Folkestedet in the central [[Åparken]], facilitating events for and by non-commercial associations, organisations and clubs, and activities for the elderly, the nearby [[Godsbanen]] at the railway yard, with workshops, events and exhibitions, and Globus1 in [[Brabrand]] facilitating sports and various cultural activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globus1.dk/|title=Globus1|language=da|publisher=Aarhus Kommune|access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>