The Town Library on the Way to the European Union - Establishing a Life-long Extracurricular Learning Center

Author: Šárka Kašpárková,  The Public Library Kroměříž, Czech Republic

Co-author: Daniela Hebnarová

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Abstract

The discuss will be aimed on the project - Open Society Fund in Prague assistance programme: Non-profit organizations on the way to the European Union. We have prepared the project called Establishing a Life-long Extracurricular Learning Center in Kromeriz. This project is ready to give in the structural funds EU - the Development of the human resources - priority 1.1 Active policy of employment.Co-operatin and partnership with the town municipalities and the regional government and the non-profit organization. The project is aimed fot the unemployees - for 4 aimed groups. The special courses of the cmputer and information literacy - the inovation is in motivating the unemployees to find a job.The project is to intgrate groups of residents stressed by the social exclusion through life-long learning programes for them. The library as the community center.

About the author

The author graduated in the Faculty of Philosophy - Department of Science Information and Librarianship at the University in Bratislava. She has been working in the library since 1991 as the head. The library was moved in 1998 and now the library is the modern information and community center. the author is interested in the system of the lifelong learning.

The membership:

• the Central Cultural Council of the Culture Minister
• the Association of Library and Information Professionlas
• the editorial staff of the professional journal Reader
• the head of the Cultural Council of the municipal goverment
• the national co-ordinator of the international project CALIMERA