Project “LIBRARIES FOR INNOVATION”:

Goal, Activities and Impact

Stanislavas ZablockisFinancial manager

Project “Libraries for Innovation”Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

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

Key tasks for libraries

Equipping public libraries with PIAStrengthening information competence of public libraries’ staffHelping librarians to become active promoters and helpers to the local community in mastering the opportunities of IT

Note: PIA = Public Internet Access

Principal components of the project

InfrastructureTrainingPublicity and outreachImpact assessment

Infrastructure

Several indicators Amount in unitsTraining centers (TC) created 11PIA created / modernized / strengthened 1276Computers equipped in PIA and TC 3364Computers (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

97% of libraries were technically renewed

11 training centers, equipped in 2008

1276 libraries with PIA at the end of 2011

Training of libraries’ personnel

Training in the training centreand in the mobile class

Training of local community

Publicity and outreach activities

To inform the society about the Project benefitsTo increase internet useTo motivate people to use various internet resourcesTo motivate librarians to promote free internet accessTo communicate the positive changes in libraries

Advertising campaigns

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? Let’s 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.

What have changed in libraries and society since 2008?

Impact on libraries &librarians

Nearly all libraries provide PIA(% of libraries / branches / subdivisions providing PIA)

2008 2009 2010 201140%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

68%

78%

89%88%92%

97% 99%

52%

74%

88%

97%

Total Urban Rural

Computer literacy skills of libraries’ staff improved(% of librarians evaluating their computer literacy skills as sufficient)

Total Urban Rural0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

76% 78%73%

96% 98% 96%

2008 2011

Librarians became much more pro-active trainers(% of librarians who contributed to the training of PIA users)

2008 2009 2010 201130%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

38%

55%

65%

89%

Total

Librarians became much more pro-active promoters(% of librarians who organized events to attract to use PIA…)

New visitors Difficult to reach target groups0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

63%

40%

89%

77%

2008 2011

Library image in society has improved(% of respondents who say that library is…)

Modern Equipped with newest technology

Center of community

life

Innovative Fun0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

58% 55% 53%59%

80%79% 77%67%

76%

92%

2008 2011

Impact on users &communities

PIA is especially important for vulnerable social groups(% of PIA users considering library as the main place for internet access)

The retired The disabled The unemployed0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

76% 78%83%

2011

Tens of thousands attend training in public libraries(number of residents who participated in IT training)

2008 2009 2010 20110

5,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,000

6,9478,444

20,301

40,400

2,882

5,024

11,579

22,452

4,0653,420

8,722

17,948

Total Urban Rural

ICT competences of PIA users have improved(% of PIA users evaluating their skills of internet usage as sufficient)

The retired The disabled The unemployed0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

43%

64%

88%82% 80%

91%

2008 2011

ICT competences of population have improved(% of population evaluating their computer literacy skills as sufficient)

Urban residents Rural residents0%

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

60%

36%

61%

49%

2010 2011

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