PULMAN: Public Libraries Mobilising Advanced Networks
European Commission5th RTD programme
Information Society Technologies (IST)
May 2001- May 2003
Jan Van Vaerenbergh
PULMAN
Project Co-ordinator
e-Europe : Creating an Information Society for All
You can teach an old continent new tricksStrategic goal to become “the world’s most dynamic and
competitive knowledge-based economy”• innovative business environment
– single internal market, broadband infrastructure, private investment, boost productivity, create new jobs
• modern public services– e-government, e-health, e-commerce, e-learning
• e-inclusion– digital skills, lifelong learning, special needs, access in remote
areas, promoting cultural & linguistic diversity
• secure & fast broadband infrastructure
e-Europe action plan
Priorities for 2005Erkki Liikanen, Information Society Commissioner:
• promote attractive content for all Europeans• provide public services online• pursue digital inclusiveness for European
citizens• promote faster broadband Internet• ensure trust and confidence in cyberspace
Public Libraries and e-Europe
• physical focus, local presence• knowledge of user requirements• librarians have or can develop the necessary skills• tradition of supporting access to information• provide global resources in a local setting• very large existing usage (c 120 million library users) • progress in many EU countries in:
– complementing book-based services with digital services– reinforcing the educational role of librarian guidance– pooling internet-based experience and resources – providing citizens with hands-on access
PULMAN Objectives and Scope
• strengthen performance, help achieve potential of public libraries – new economic, social and cultural roles– emerging e-Europe agenda
• exchange knowledge and experience – extend good practice
• promote new innovative digital services and centres of best practice
• develop cross-sectoral agenda for local services
The PULMAN Network
PULMAN Countries
Spread strategic initiatives across Europe
26 EU/EEA member & candidate countries:
Austria Italy Latvia Slovak Rep Belgium France Portugal SloveniaBulgaria Germany Lithuania SpainCzech Rep Greece Luxembourg SwedenDenmark Hungary Netherlands UKEstonia Ireland NorwayFinland Poland Romania
PULMAN-XT
June 2002-September 2003
Plus 11 new countries: EU neighbours– Albania, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina– Croatia– Macedonia– Moldova– Russia (partner)– Turkey (partner)– Ukraine– Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)
PULMAN Target Audiences
PULMAN
Practitioners
Policymakers
Local cultural services (Museums and archives)
How does PULMAN operate (1)?
• Guidelines on digital services– ‘state of the art examples of good practice in innovative public
library services’• 36 national workshops (autumn 2002)
– launch guidelines, develop public library strategies, cross-domain agenda
• consensus-building at European level– contact with key organisations/associations/projects– cross-domain workshop– Virtual Advisory Board
• policy conference, Oeiras, Portugal, 13/14 March 2003– focus on how services can best be delivered at local level– manifesto e.g. Copenhagen Declaration 1999 (PUBLICA)
How does PULMAN operate (2)?
– PULMANWeb www.pulmanweb.org – Country profiles– PulmanExpress newsletter– Registry of distance learning materials– Links– …and the PULMAN guidelines
• training courses – 30 public library managers at EU centres of excellence
The Human Network
C O N T R A C T P A R T N E R SM a n a ge m e n t C o m m itte e +
A q u ita in e / A arh u s / B rem en / V eria / D u b lin /A m it ié / O ls z tyn / C lu j / M M U (M an ch es te r) / F O R C E / IA M L
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C A N D ID A T E C O U N T R IE SB u lg aria / C zec h R ep u b lic / E s ton ia
H u n g ary / L a tvia / L ith u an ia / S lovak R ep u b lic
C O U N T R Y C O -O R D IN A T O R S
M A N A G E M E N T C O M M IT T E EC o o rd in a tio n T e a m +
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V IR T U A L A D V IS O R Y B O A R DC h ris B a tt, A d o lf K n o ll, W a lte r K och , R im a K u p ryte ,
N orm a M cD erm ott, A n d reas M ittrow an n , K lau s R e in h ard t,R os s S h im m on , Jen s Th orh au g e , M ª Jos é M ou ra
C O O R D IN A T IO N T E A MA n tw erp / M D R
Country Co-ordinators
• organise support groups of active people• lobby and energise
– policy makers, practitioners, cross-domain
• organise national workshops• supply country information• ensure participation in policy conference• translate and disseminate guidelines • identify trainees, etc.
The PULMAN Guidelines
• First edition available on PULMANWeb – 3 sections: social policy, management issues, technical
policy
– 1 page summary of each guideline
– links to examples of good practice from each guideline
– 180 pages - navigable web document
• translated into 25+ languages
• process of open review until December 2002 • Second edition before policy conference 2003
The PULMAN GuidelinesSection 1- Social Policy
• social inclusion/e-inclusion
• e-government
• services for children and schools
• services supporting education in adult life (lifelong learning)
• support for business and the economy
• access to cultural content
The PULMAN GuidelinesSection 2 - Management
• performance measures and evaluation
• funding and financing
• co-operation and partnership
• copyright issues
The PULMAN GuidelinesSection 3 - Technical
• digitisation policies & practice• delivering multimedia services• developments in integrated library systems• new delivery channels e.g. mobile services, WAP• resource description, discovery and retrieval• tailoring services to individuals/citizen interaction • Multi-lingual issues
e.g. character sets
Future Vision
• building sustainable services from PULMAN• broader local services network to deliver e-Europe
– more support for museums and archives at local/regional level
– synergies with other ‘cultural’ actions e.g. TRIS, EVAN, CULTIVATE etc.
– employment, learning, e-inclusion, content/applications– benchmarking, excellence, consensus on priorities– interaction with schools, economic sector (e.g. cultural
tourism)• deliver real ‘web services’• encourage wider take-up• enlargement and international co-operation
URLs
e-Europe initiative
http://europa.eu.int/information_society/eeurope/action_plan/index_en.htm
European Commission IST programme
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/
PULMANWeb
http://www.pulmanweb.org/
PULMAN
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