libraries in support of education and lifelong learning
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Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong
Learning
Dobrich, 26 April 2012
DORA GABE DISTRICT LIBRARY, DOBRICH GLOB@L LIBRARIES – BULGARIA PROGRAM
District Thematic MeetingNew Modern Library Services and Initiatives
Prepared by: Galya Marinova, Senior Librarian Library, Bibliographic and Information ServicesDora Gabe District Library, Dobrich
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
“The public library, the local gateway to knowledge, provides a basic condition for lifelong learning,
independent decision-making and cultural development of the individual and social groups.”
IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto, 1994
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
Public Library Mission
“It provides access to knowledge, information and works of the imagination through a range of resources and services and is equally available to all members of the community regardless of race, nationality, age, gender, religion, language, disability, economic and employment status and educational attainment.”
IFLA GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES
“Smart growth: building an economy based on knowledge and innovation.”
EUROPE 2020EUROPEAN COMMISSION COMMUNICATION
Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growthBrussels, 3 March 2010
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
“Supporting individual, formal and informal education as well as self-conducted education at all levels.”
IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto, 1994
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
Objectives of Public Libraries:
support the successful graduation of formal education, informal education and self-conducted education
enable the acquisition of technical knowledge, skills and competences needed at the amateur level in contemporary life and new ICT context
provide foreign language training, enhancement and improvement enable the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competences in the
area of arts
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
Successful Education Conditions Public libraries need to:
provide a diversity of materials on various topics provide literacy maintenance materials provide free access to the Internet be a key source of materials for distance learners host learners having poor or no learning conditions at home
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
Successful Education Conditions Public libraries need to:
collaborate with other education institutions in the provision of training in effective usage of information resources
complement official education institutions when having adequate material conditions
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
Groups of potential users
• People of all ages and at all life stages:
children
young people
active age people
elderly
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
Groups of potential users
• Individuals and groups with special needs:
people of various culture and ethnic backgrounds, including the local population
people with physical, visual or hearing disabilities
institutionalized people, e.g. hospitalized, imprisoned
people incognizant of library services
Groups of potential users
• Institutions within the framework of wider public networks
education, culture and volunteer community organizations and groups
business communities
the management body of the superior organization, e.g. local authorities
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong LearningSteps to implementing support to education and
lifelong learning:
1. Provide qualified specialists
2. Assess interests and needs of young people and adults in the community
3. Conduct problem analysis of resource provision opportunities for library activities
4. Conduct intensive promotion activities targeted at all potential users
5. Conduct expert evaluation of developed work programs
6. Implement, coordinate, revise, control and evaluate activities
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
Types of activities:
courses and interest clubs
individual and group projects for school goers and adults
celebrations; creative nights; art holidays; lectures;
competitions; meetings with famous artists
exhibitions
workshops
information days
Types of activities:
module training in various areas
presentations
book premieres
movies
educational concerts
provision of web-based services
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
EXPECTED RESULTS:
Library transformed into a preferred territory
Place for exhibiting interests and abilities
Formal and informal education, culture and social activities enriched
Pursuance of self-conducted education and self-improvement stimulated
EXPECTED RESULTS:
Enhanced job placement opportunities
Enhanced competitiveness
Social integration
Enhanced opportunities for cooperation with schools, culture, public,
non-governmental and private organizations
Strategy 2020
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
EU Reference Framework of Key
Competences
Glob@l Libraries – Bulgaria Program
Joint initiative of the Ministry of Culture and the United Nations Development Program
Goal – facilitate the access to information, knowledge, communication, e-content and community services through the public library network, support the integration of Bulgarian citizens into the global information society
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong LearningLibraries support the Lifelong Learning Program of the European Commission
Work with the coordinating body in Bulgaria – the Human Resource Development Center, Sofia
Support for HRDC and EC initiatives
Joint initiatives with Europe Direct, Dobrich
Generations@School Initiative of the European Commission
2012 European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations
Projects and Programs
Project ABLE “American – Bulgarian Library Exchange: Opportunities for Cooperation. Development of Community Information Services” funded by the US Department of State
Project “Health Risk Factors: Find the Answer @ Your Library”
Project “Access to Electronic Information for People with Disabilities in the Bulgarian Libraries” of the Union of Library and Information Workers
CONNECTION – Cultural Organizations as Learning and Communication Environments, Lifelong Learning Program, Grundtvig Activity
Project EuropeanaLocal Dobrudzha Digital Collection. Postcards and Photographs from the first half of 20th century.
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
Projects and Programs
Program “Bulgarian Libraries: Modern Centers for Reading and Information” (2011) of the Ministry of Culture for financial support to libraries, library stock renovation with new titles and other modern information sources
Assistance for Retirement National Program (2008 – 2010)
National Program for Employment and Vocational Training of People with Permanent Disabilities (2008 – 2012)
Human Resource Development Operational Program, “I Can” and “I Can Do More” Program (2009 – 2012)
Human Resource Development Operational Program, Project “New Beginning – from Education to Employment” (2011 – 2012)
Library Partners:
Dobrich Municipality Dobrich District Governor’s Office All education institutions in Dobrich Labor Office Directorate, Dobrich Regional Public Health Inspectorate, Dobrich Regional Information Center, Dobrich Goethe Institut, Bulgaria Polish Culture Center, Sofia Vladislav Varnenchik Polish Culture and Education Society, Dobrich “Dobrudzha – Ukraine” Bulgarian – Ukrainian Society Russophiles Movement
Libraries in Support of Education and Lifelong Learning
Creating reading habits from early childhood, teaching love for books and stimulating children’s creative potential
Stimulation of Children’s Creative Potential
Library in Support of Formal Education
Library in Support of Formal Education
Stimulation of School Goers’ Creative Potential
Library in Support of Informal Education
The Library – a Training Center
