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The Role of Public Libraries in e-Inclusion Process. The Realities and Perspectives of Lithuania

The Role of Public Libraries in e-Inclusion Process. The Realities and Perspectives of Lithuania 20 April 2007. Dr. Kęstutis Juškevičius. Lietuvos nacionalin ė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka. Plan of presentation: e-inclusion in Lithuania, short characteristic

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The Role of Public Libraries in e-Inclusion Process. The Realities and Perspectives of Lithuania

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  1. The Role of Public Libraries in e-Inclusion Process. The Realities and Perspectives of Lithuania 20 April 2007 Dr. Kęstutis Juškevičius Lietuvos nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka

  2. Plan of presentation: • e-inclusion in Lithuania, short characteristic • many projects, not many results. Why? • how public libraries could help?

  3. e-exclusion in Lithuania • The groups of social risk, people with disabilities • Almost all inhabitants of rural areas, in which: • much bigger number of elderly people • many out of labour force • lower education level

  4. The projects for e-inclusion in Lithuania

  5. 2002-2005: 175 PIAP’s, Windows for the Future, Inter. Ministry

  6. 2005-2006: 300 PIAPs, PHARE Project, Inter. Ministry

  7. 2006-2007: 400 PIAPs, EU SF Project, Inter. Ministry

  8. The activity of Public Libraries • 1997–1999,OSFproject, first 12PIAPs in libraries • 2002–2005, WF,175PIAPs, 90in libraries • 2005–2006, PHARE proj., 300PIAPs, 210in libraries • 2006–2007,EU SF proj., 400PIAPs,380in libraries

  9. Problem Despite of all these steps, the situation is not acceptable. “Coming from a low-performance background, Lithuania has moved into being a mid-levelperformer in some regards, but is still in the low end in most indicators.” Annual Report 2007 on EU i2010 Strategy Why? Many strengths and attention are paid to “supply” side, too less – to “demand” side.

  10. How we stimulated demand in Lithuania?

  11. Digital literacy: Training activities • “Windows to the Future” - training of 20 000 people in 2003 • “Windows to the Future” – EU SF project for training of 50 000 people in rural areas in 2006-2008 • State Strategy of Universal Digital Literacy: 970 000 digital literal people until 2012

  12. Fostering of usage of IT via Community Organisations, 2002-2005

  13. Naujos veiklos - mokymas PROJECT PIAP1 Pristatymai ir diskusijos Nuotolinis mokymasis Seminarai

  14. PIAP1 outreach campaigns • User training: e-declaration, e-banking, e-commerce seminars • Contest for seniors “How Internet helps me to take care of my health” • “Best PIAP tutor” contest • E-cards, digital photos contests

  15. WHY IT WAS NOT SUCESSFULLY ENOUGH?WHAT WE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE?

  16. LIBRARIES FOR INNOVATION GOAL: To achieve, through strengthening and using the capacities of public libraries, a considerably better use of the possibilities of information technologies among all the Lithuanian population for obtaining useful information and communication

  17. Key tasks • Equipping all the perspective and yet non-informatized public libraries with public Internet access, and expanding and modernizing public Internet access in the libraries already having it • Strengthening, in essence, information competence of public libraries’ staff and helping them to become active promoters and helpers of the local community in mastering the possibilities of information technologies

  18. THANK YOU

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