2. Role of Public Libraries in
Development of Digitally
Inclusive Communities
Liga Kursite Masena
Project Coordinator
Culture Information Systems Centre, Latvia
Public library development project «Father’s Third Son»
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The sixth annual Telecentre-Europe Summit
25 October 2013, Malta

3. Culture Information Systems Centre
ICT, training and public access projects
to enable free and equitable access
to information, resources and cultural heritage
stored in libraries, archives, museums
and other cultural institutions
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5. «Father’s Third Son» (3td project)
Infrastructure
Training
Content & Resources
Advocacy & Communication
Impact Assessment
through
strengthening and
using capacities
of public libraries
to facilitate better
and procreative
use of resources
offered by free
access to IT and
the Internet
among users with
the aim to
improve their
quality of life
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6. Tech
Access
Info
Access
ICT
Skills
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7. Number of public libraries in EU
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8. Annual spending on libraries per capita
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9. 2009 – 2014
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
2013
0000/2013
WRITTEN DECLARATION
submitted pursuant to Rule 123 of the Rules of Procedure
on the impact of public libraries in European communities
Hannu Takkula (ALDE), Maria Badia i Cutchet (S&D), Vilija Blinkevičiūtė (S&D), Andrew Duff
(ALDE), Cătălin-Sorin Ivan (S&D), Morten Løkkegaard (ALDE), Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid
(PPE), Marietje Schaake (ALDE), Helga Trüpel (Verts/ALE), Marie-Christine Vergiat (GUE/NGL),
Sabine Verheyen (PPE)
Lapse date:
PE000.000v00-00
EN
EN
0000/2013
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14. Economic value and impact of public
libraries in Latvia
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