1. BEACON: public library and NGO go cultural an
digital with added value for learners and Ostend
Speaker: Martine Vandermaes, chief librarian, public library Ostend (Belgium)
3. Ostend (Belgium)
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coastal town
fishing – tourism – renewable energy
70.000 inhabitants
1 out of 4 is 65+
1 out of 4 lives under the poverty line
10 % without a job
81 % households without children
5. public library
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1 central + 4 branch libraries
collection: 240.000
members: 19.000 – 31.000 incl. gr.
loans: 850.000
use of internet: 21.000 hours/year
team: 27,2 FTE
free of charge – membership & loans
6. digital literacy
• started in 2002
• awareness
– role of the public library
– expertise outside of the library
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take time to learn and grow
content is more important than competences
look through the eyes of the customer
not every mentor is a ‘believer’
7. what makes a difference?
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professional support
insist on quality
link with the life of learners
network within the community & partners
take small steps
‘warm experts’
library logic does not sound logic for everyone
8. tailor-made project
• tender for a partner for projects on digital
literacy (50.000,00 €/year )
• what do we want?
• content – link to actions and projects in the actionplan
of the direction of cultural affairs and the city
(eg. coastal security plan)
• work with mixed groups
• work with various formulas
• agreements
9. project BEACON
mixed
• creative ateliers with artists
• lessons/workshops
• drop in and ask your
question
• soirées - debates
the city - partners
create – participate - learn
public library
10. creative ateliers with artists
• 10 weeks
• artist in charge
• look – listen - expression
• explore the city
• central theme
• “beautiful gift”
14. “de zee is een schilderij dat iedere minuut van de dag verandert”
“ ik wil hier nooit meer weg”
15. lessons/workshops
• made to measure
– rythm of the group
– completely different basic knowledge of learners is a huge
challenge
• “content” is important
– add
– share
– verify/compare
– critical attitude
• “the acquired competences are put into practice outside of the
classroom”
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low threshold, open to all
observe before you join the group
hop on, hop off
learn from someone in the same position as
yourself
• empowerment of the ‘old guys’
• community
• warm experts
21. soirées - debates
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information
meeting
dialogue
low threshold
– art and science
– Carl De Keyzer / Arne Quinze / Raoul Servais / …
• “lovely evening, I missed dinner, but I’m so glad I was here, I
wouldn’t have missed it for the world”
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feel at home in the public library
1st class ambassadors of the public library
empowerment
new partnerships
participation increases
the story of a city and its citizens is captured,
told and shared
31. challenges for the city
• invest in coastal defence
• new dike
–Flemish Community
–the city
• goal: protect against flooding +
public space for the citizens of
Ostend (and visitors)
