Library 2'0 libraries, literacy and learning in the knowledge society

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Library 2.0 - libraries, literacy and learning in
the knowledge society
ENTITLE Final Conference Workshop 3

• Cedric Farrugia
• and
• Breda Karun

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Introduction

• Public libraries have the duty to help to reduce
  today's digital divide that may become tomorrow's
  'info exclusion'. As technologies evolve, making
  sure that the benefits of high-speed networks are
  available in rural as well as urban areas is
  becoming a policy priority. There are different
  uses and practices of ICT technologies and
  services provided by public libraries. The
  provision of ICT facilities and other web
  tecnologies without a good community education
  programme would not suceed. To gain the best
  results, apart from providing the ICT web
  facilities, one has to provide training in their
  use. Moreover, one must help EUropean citizens
  understand why ICT is useful in everyday lives.

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Guideline 6 Learning Environment

• The high diffusion of ICT in every day life has
  redesigned the key competencies of Lifelong
  Learning. Throughout their history, public
  libraries have strived to provide learning
  facilities to their communities. However, within
  this new reality, public libraries require to
  evolve into Local Learning Hubs. This guideline
  focuses on the environmental influences in the
  public libraries by discussing the physical and
  virtual environments and the resources that are
  crucial to develop Lifelong Learning processes.

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Public Libraries as Learning Hubs

• Structuring learning environments in
  digital/virtual spaces
• Digital/virtual spaces give users a more mobile
  access to learning contents, either for
  individual or for group sessions.
• Planning Physical spaces as learning environments
  
• The Organization of physical spaces must
  facilitate the learning relation between
  mediators and library users the direct access to
  self learning tools. Design and accessibility are
  therefore most significant to create an
  appropriate learning climate .

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• What libraries be active in diminishing computer
  illiteracy?
• Examples and case studies
• How can we reach more people?

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• 2. What kind of training libraries provide?
• How is the service financed? Do the participants
  have to pay?
• is it co-ordinated at a local/regional/national
  level?

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• 3. What happens after the training?
• Do users use computers in libraries or from home?
• Do they need permanent help?

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• 4. Can Virtual space replace Real space?
• Can libraries maximize their services online?
• How can technologies compensate?

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• 5. Access
• How can libraries 2.0 bridge the gap to knowledge
  accesibility?

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