Project LIBRARIES FOR INNOVATION: Goal, Activities and Impact
Stanislavas Zablockis Financial manager Project Libraries for
Innovation Martynas Mavydas National Library of Lithuania
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Goal of the project 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
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Key tasks for libraries Equipping public libraries with PIA
Strengthening information competence of public libraries staff
Helping librarians to become active promoters and helpers to the
local community in mastering the opportunities of IT Note: PIA =
Public Internet Access
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Principal components of the project Infrastructure Training
Publicity and outreach Impact assessment
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Infrastructure Several indicators Amount in units Training
centers (TC) created 11 PIA created / modernized / strengthened
1276 Computers equipped in PIA and TC 3364 Computers (notebooks)
provided to librarians, libraries IT specialists, TC coordinators
1411 PIA User Registration and Statistics System created (number of
PIA computers where installed) 5300 Accessible library web sites
created 57
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97% of libraries were technically renewed 11 training centers,
equipped in 2008 1276 libraries with PIA at the end of 2011
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Training of libraries personnel Training in the training centre
and in the mobile class
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Training of local community
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Publicity and outreach activities To inform the society about
the Project benefits To increase internet use To motivate people to
use various internet resources To motivate librarians to promote
free internet access To communicate the positive changes in
libraries
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Advertising campaigns
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Outreach campaigns For elderly people and people living in
rural areas: E-senior: inviting people to come to the library for
live internet broadcasted lecture on how to find information about
health, savings, and entertainment online Internet for Your Garden:
inviting people to come to the library and watch live internet
broadcasted lectures about gardening and other upcoming seasonal
activities For people that have never used Internet before: First
Time Online? Lets Do It!: inviting people to come to public
libraries and try to use Internet for the very first time. For
unemployed, disabled people, children, etc.
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What have changed in libraries and society since 2008?
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Impact on libraries & librarians
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Nearly all libraries provide PIA (% of libraries / branches /
subdivisions providing PIA)
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Computer literacy skills of libraries staff improved (% of
librarians evaluating their computer literacy skills as
sufficient)
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Librarians became much more pro-active trainers (% of
librarians who contributed to the training of PIA users)
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Librarians became much more pro-active promoters (% of
librarians who organized events to attract to use PIA)
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Library image in society has improved (% of respondents who say
that library is)
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Impact on users & communities
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PIA is especially important for vulnerable social groups (% of
PIA users considering library as the main place for internet
access)
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Tens of thousands attend training in public libraries (number
of residents who participated in IT training)
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ICT competences of PIA users have improved (% of PIA users
evaluating their skills of internet usage as sufficient)
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ICT competences of population have improved (% of population
evaluating their computer literacy skills as sufficient)