Öffentliche Bibliotheken

ECEI11 baut auf European Congress on e-Inclusion (ECEI10) “Delivering a digital Europe in public libraries” auf. Der Report von ECEI10 kann hier eingesehen werden.

Der zweitägige Kongress hat 2 verschiedene Veranstaltungsorte:

• Tag 1: European Parliament, Altiero Spinelli Building, Rue Wiertz 60, B-1047 Brussels
• Tag 2: Committee of the Regions, Bâtiment Jacques Delors, Rue Belliard 99-101, B-1040 Brussels

Day 1: Building a Dialogue with Europe

"focus on beginning a dialogue with Digital Europe that will provide resources, opportunities and increased support for collaborative partnerships, innovative projects and new government initiatives and investment that results in a better understanding of the power and opportunity of libraries."

• Session 1: Libraries and Digital Europe – An overview of the openings and opportunities within the EU
• Session 2: Lessons in Good Advocacy
• Session 3: Question Time
• Parliamentary VIP Reception  hosted by Linda McAvan MEP

Day 2: Transforming Access to Digital Europe

"focus of the day will be to consider the transformative roles of Europe’s public libraries, by examining the wider impact that they can have to empower the Digital Citizen and include those with barriers to access whether economic, skills or accessibility based."

• Session 1: Repositioning libraries in a new digital landscape
• Session 2: The transformative impact of Libraries
• Session 3: Parallel Workshops 
  ~ Workshop ‘Building a Dialogue with Europe’
  ~ Workshop ‘Key Tools of Transition for a Digital Age’
  ~ Workshop ‘Sustainable Partnerships for the Future’
• Session 4: Workshop Feedback and Final Keynote