Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Keynote address: Disciplines, documents and data: emerging roles for libraries in the scholarly information infrastructure
- 3 Denmark's Electronic Research Library: implementation of user-friendly integrated search systems in Denmark
- 4 An African experience in providing a digital library service: the African Virtual University (AVU) example
- 5 Project StORe: expectations, a solution and some predicted impact from opening up the research data portfolio
- 6 Publishing, policy and people: overcoming challenges facing institutional repository development
- 7 Libraries as a social space: enhancing the experience of distance learners using social software
- 8 The rise of recommendation and review: a place in online library environments?
- 9 Re-usable learning objects for information literacy: are they practical?
- 10 An introduction to the LearnHigher Centre for Teaching & Learning (CETL), with particular reference to the information literacy learning area and its work on information literacy audits at Manchester Metropolitan University
- 11 Information skills through electronic environments: considerations, pitfalls and benefits
- 12 Development of information-related competencies in European open and distance learning institutions: selected findings
- 13 Improving information retrieval with dialogue mapping and concept mapping tools
- 14 Public libraries, learning and the creative citizen: a European perspective
- 15 A user-centred approach to the evaluation of digital cultural maps: the case of the VeriaGrid system
- 16 The process of assessment of the quality, usability and impact of electronic services and resources: a Quality Attributes approach
- 17 Reaching the unreachable in India: effective information delivery service model of DELNET and the challenges ahead
- 18 Breaking through the walls: current developments in library service delivery: observations from a Sri Lankan perspective
- 19 Meeting users’ needs online in real-time: a dream of librarians in the developing world
- 20 Information Central: a service success case study
- 21 Discrete library services for international students: how can exclusivity lead to inclusivity?
- 22 Are we ethical? A workshop on the ethical challenges of providing library services to distance learners
- 23 Involving users in a technical solution to help assess the accessibility of websites
- 24 The reality of managing change: the transition to Intute
- Index
14 - Public libraries, learning and the creative citizen: a European perspective
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 June 2018
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Keynote address: Disciplines, documents and data: emerging roles for libraries in the scholarly information infrastructure
- 3 Denmark's Electronic Research Library: implementation of user-friendly integrated search systems in Denmark
- 4 An African experience in providing a digital library service: the African Virtual University (AVU) example
- 5 Project StORe: expectations, a solution and some predicted impact from opening up the research data portfolio
- 6 Publishing, policy and people: overcoming challenges facing institutional repository development
- 7 Libraries as a social space: enhancing the experience of distance learners using social software
- 8 The rise of recommendation and review: a place in online library environments?
- 9 Re-usable learning objects for information literacy: are they practical?
- 10 An introduction to the LearnHigher Centre for Teaching & Learning (CETL), with particular reference to the information literacy learning area and its work on information literacy audits at Manchester Metropolitan University
- 11 Information skills through electronic environments: considerations, pitfalls and benefits
- 12 Development of information-related competencies in European open and distance learning institutions: selected findings
- 13 Improving information retrieval with dialogue mapping and concept mapping tools
- 14 Public libraries, learning and the creative citizen: a European perspective
- 15 A user-centred approach to the evaluation of digital cultural maps: the case of the VeriaGrid system
- 16 The process of assessment of the quality, usability and impact of electronic services and resources: a Quality Attributes approach
- 17 Reaching the unreachable in India: effective information delivery service model of DELNET and the challenges ahead
- 18 Breaking through the walls: current developments in library service delivery: observations from a Sri Lankan perspective
- 19 Meeting users’ needs online in real-time: a dream of librarians in the developing world
- 20 Information Central: a service success case study
- 21 Discrete library services for international students: how can exclusivity lead to inclusivity?
- 22 Are we ethical? A workshop on the ethical challenges of providing library services to distance learners
- 23 Involving users in a technical solution to help assess the accessibility of websites
- 24 The reality of managing change: the transition to Intute
- Index
Summary
Learning: the strategic background
European Ministers of Education have agreed on three major goals to be achieved by 2010 for the benefit of citizens and the EU as a whole. These goals are to:
• improve the quality and effectiveness of EU education and training systems
• ensure that they are accessible to all
• open up education and training to the wider world.
The 2006 EU Communication Adult Education: it's never too late to learn (European Commission, 2006a) calls on countries to promote adult learning in Europe and to place it firmly on the political agenda. A planned Action Plan on Adult Learning will aim to promote this goal, thereby contributing to personal benefits of development and fulfilment, raising skill levels, reducing social exclusion, promoting active citizenship and supporting employability and mobility in the labour market. Among the major challenges identified is lifting the barriers to participation affecting all groups, but especially the ageing population and migrants.
One of the major pillars of Europe's i2010 (European Commission, 2006b) initiative calls for ‘inclusion, better services for citizens and quality of life’, and emphasizes the enhanced use of information and communication technology (ICT) for lifelong learning and social inclusion. A flagship initiative under this encourages a focusing of research and deployment efforts in the field of ‘digital libraries’, specifically to use high-tech tools to make Europe's rich heritage available to as many people as possible, in order to combine individual creativity with ICTs.
The European Union's e-learning initiatives also promote ‘digital literacy’ as one of the basic skills of all Europeans, alongside the contribution of ICT to learning in general, especially for those who, owing to their geographical location, socio-economic situation or special needs, do not have easy access to traditional education and training. ‘Digital literacy’ is sometimes held to encompass the following:
• knowledge about ICT components, operations, capabilities and limitations
• skills in using ICT to perform relevant tasks and retrieve and make use of digital content
• positive attitudes toward ICT use personally and in society.\
In European society, it can be difficult to separate the processes of learning from the practice of education. Heavy investment in schools, colleges and universities leads to an almost inextricable relationship between the idea of learning and the issue of how schools should be organized, managed and run.
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- Libraries Without Walls 7Exploring ‘anywhere, anytime’ delivery of library services, pp. 137 - 146Publisher: FacetPrint publication year: 2008