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Transcript of The Modern Glob@l Library
THE MODERN GLOB@L LIBRARY
Nikolay Markov, Veliko Tarnovo, 30 May 2012
Highlights
Work with local authorities
Library advocacy
Media outreach
Success stories about the “global library” in Bulgaria
Work with Local Authorities
Avenues for influencing local authorities
Change in the library’s public
image
Know the community problems
Provide services which
help for solving specific
problems
Work in a team
Know decision makers personally
Make sure that they also know about
you
Be a partner to information
centers
Local Authorities and Global Libraries
Partnership – efficient and effective
Established and sustained interest in libraries in local communities
Renovated library premises
Library Advocacy
Advocacy - the actions individuals or organizations undertake to influence decision-making at the local, regional, state, national, and international level that help create a desired policy or funding change in support of public libraries. A successful library advocacy campaign http://www.libshumen.org/akcia.php
Advocacy training – acquiring skills in developing and conducting library advocacy campaigns
Videos – an advocacy tool
Media Outreach and Internet Presence of the Program
Program web portal with 1,509,845 hits in 2011Average number of hits per month (2012): 86,762http://www.glbulgaria.bg/
Facebook Friends: 1,779
Tweeter Twitter followers: 346
Media Outreach
Online media http://reglibsliven.iradeum.com/currentprojects/events_gl_sliven.htm
Presshttp://www.trud.bg/Article.asp?ArticleId=1375875
TV materials http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4um1K2cKV_A
Success Stories about the “Global Library” in Bulgaria
“Acceptance is a Bilateral Process” – a partner project of the library at Sts. Cyril and Methodius 1914 Public Chitalishte and the Home for Elderly People with Mental Disabilities in the town of Banya http://www.glbulgaria.bg/bg/node/7486
“Life is Priceless! Do Not Substitute it for Drugs!” – a health campaign in the town of Roman, March 2012http://www.glbulgaria.bg/bg/node/7488
Volunteering in the chitalishte library in the village of Nova Cherna http://www.glbulgaria.bg/bg/node/7496
In Conclusion: Our Priorities
• Including public libraries in national strategic documents for the next 2014 – 2020 programming period
• Recognizing public libraries as public institutions facilitating the digital inclusion of local communities
• Public libraries can play a substantive role in the pursuance of national goals and sector policies in the context of Europe 2020
“Libraries are no longer just book collecting and lending places, these days
are long gone”.