1. Partnerships: an Innovative Library Service Tool
Velingrad, 17 May 2012

4. The modern library?

5. From WHAT libraries
provide to HOW
libraries can change
the lives of individuals
and the community

6. e-Inclusion
through the
library?

7. “Active use of ICT often means better
prospects for work, information or social
relations for individuals. ICT helps to realise
major advances in social services, healthcare
or education, is a major contributor to
productivity growth, and opens up many
business opportunities.”
EC Communication on the
European i2010 Initiative on e-Inclusion
“To Be Part of the Information Society”

8.  Meet new needs
 Implement a new approach/
method
 Provide access to a new type of
information
 Serve new users
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9. e-Skills e-Education
e-Employment e-Culture
e-Government e-Society
e-Health e-Business

10. Partnership means cooperation for success
and benefits
 Common theme/scope of work
 Common goal
 Shared interest
 Joint activities
 Shared resources
 Equal footing
 Sustainability

11. Needs Service
Target group
assessment identification
Information Partners Plan /
Resources
Service
Social and
adoption
economic effect
activities

12. Innovative Partnership
Based Services:
Good Practices

13. e-Health: Belogradets

14. e-Employment: Ihtiman

17. Project for online banking training of
citizens
Partners:
 theNational Bank (Banco Estado
Central de Chile) – online banking
training in libraries
 the National Revenue Agency – online
tax-paying training of citizens in
libraries

18. Project for reducing the number of
children from vulnerable communities in
need of foster care
Partners:
 Department of Children and Families
(Florida)
 Healthy Families Association
 Family Program Association and 30
other social service provision
institutions

19. Project for developing a program
based on play techniques for school
drop-outs
Partners:
 Education center
 Pedagogic and psychological
assistance office
 Education directorate of the
municipality and the police

20. The library adopts a service in
support of farmers, including:
 ICT network for farmers’
smartphones
 web portal for information
sharing
 online promotion and sale of
agricultural products

21.  Paying local taxes and charges
 Partners: the Ministry of Communications and
Information Society and the National Revenue Agency
 Pilot
implementation in
5 settlements
since March 2011
 All municipalities
by end-2012

22. If you want to go fast, go alone. If you
want to go far, go together.
African proverb