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”.