1. PRESS RELEASE
“Training for elderly people in basic computer literacy
and internet skills was launched in Mihalaki Georgiev
District Library on 13 October 2010.
The training is free-of-charge and targets people aged
55+, current and future library readers…”
11 October 2010
Vidin

2. Our initiative
as covered by the media

3. Our first trainees...
...in their first
training class!

4. Why did they come to us?
(Based on feedback forms)
To acquire useful knowledge
To become self-confident
To be able to contact their families and friends...

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23 February 2011

6. The mayor of Vidin Rumen Vidov opened the new information
center under the Glob@l Libraries – Bulgaria Program
„
“I am convinced that in this way we foster our fellow citizens’
integration in the information society”, said the mayor of Vidin

7. EASY and equitable access to information: a 80-year old woman from
Vidin – an excellent grade participant in the computer literacy training. // V i d i
n (Vidin), No. 16, 28 Feb 2011, p. 8.
The information center was officially opened in the library and certificates were
awarded to basic computer literacy training graduates.
TRAINING for elderly people... // V i d i n B r i d g e (Vidin), No. 41, 14 March
2011, p. 6.
... in computer literacy and internet skills is taking place at Mihalaki Georgiev
District Library in Vidin.

8. What we taught them
on
fo r mati How the computer operates and
in
a rc h
t o se what we need to know about it
How
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E-mail and online chatting

9. How to work with documents
 Creating, opening and saving documents
 Formatting, previewing and printing documents
 Text formatting

10.  Analogous to the regular mail, only electronic
 Advantages:
 Quick delivery;
 Saving the message until the recipient opens it;
 File attachment;
 File storage space.
Practical assignments
 Go to the website www.abv.bg
 Register a new free e-mail account.
 Compose and send an email to an email address, specified by your
neighbor.
 Read the received messages, if any.
 Sign out by clicking on the Sign out button.

11. Writing real-time messages to one or more
chat = бъбрене 
persons simultaneously;
 Video conference call.
Practical assignments
Log in Skype. Initiate a conversation in pairs on the
topic “What was the most helpful thing I
learned today?”.
Send each other the pictures
we took during our previous
lesson.
Log out from the chat and make a video connection.

12. What did a training lesson consist of?
•Lecture section
•Practical assignments
•Q&A session

13. 80-годишната видинчанка Параскева
Тодоранкина получи грамота за
начална компютърна грамотност

15. Inquisitive, motivated...
With a positive attitude toward new
information technology…

16. What else?
The statistics shows that 50% of the population of the district
town used the electronic census option...
We provided training facilities under the “I Can More”
Program.
Our most recent initiative is “A Reading Room in the Open”.

17. Thank you for your attention!
Desislava Ivanova
Mihalaki Georgiev
District Library, Vidin
Contacts:
phone: 0888 864 979
e-mail: rbmg@abv.bg