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Regional 
Library as a Community Centre
By launching this call for proposals in 1999, 2000 and 2001, the Open Society Institute: Network Library Programme has stimulated public libraries in CEE countries to be aware of the important social role which they can play in a transitional society where governments have not implemented the tools for avoiding the social exclusion of the numerous groups of population affected by the collapse of social services. http://www.osi.hu/nlp/

EU Action Programme Against Social Exclusion
The EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament have reached an agreement which will allow the European Commission to launch a Community Action Programme to promote cooperation between the Member States in the fight against social exclusion. The Action Programme will started on 1 January 2002 and will run until 31 December 2005. 
http://www.feantsa.org/news/News_2001_4.htm

Croatia
Teens for teens: Rijeka Public Library service for teenagers http://www.grad-rijeka.hr/default.asp?mode=1&gl=
200202200000004&jezik=2&sid=

Estonia
The Central Library of Võru County 
Cooperates with the Social Welfare Centre of Võru County in the field of education and initiating projects. A single parents society, “Tulevik”, meets once a month at the library, led by the project manager of the centre Kersti Kõosaar. In 2002 the students of the Vocational Training Centre of Võru County provided computer training for users free of charge at the Central Library of Võru County that proved to be extremely popular. The library also mediates information about the centre’s adult training activities to its users.
http://lib.werro.ee/

The Central Library of Lääne County provides a mobile library service for the population of coastal villages of the county (West Estonia).
http://www.lib.haapsalu.ee/

The Central Library of Lääne County cooperates with the Library of Haapsalu Russian Gymnasium and societies of different nations in Estonia for acquiring literature in the mother tongue of local national minorities.
http://www.lib.haapsalu.ee/

Look@World Project 
Thanks to this project, involving the private sector, a number of libraries have now got Internet connections. The year 2003 should see the completion of the Minister of Culture’s public libraries “internetisation” project that aims to provide access to the Internet for all interested persons.
http://www.vaatamaailma.ee/

Finland
Mobile libraries 
In Finland mobile facilities are an established part of every local library system http://www.minedu.fi/minedu/culture/public_libraries.html
http://www.lib.hel.fi/auto/english/

The Muonioo municipality book mobile 
also visits municipalities in Sweden and Norway.
http://www.muonio.fi/kirjasto/kirjastoauto.html

Neti-Nylsse (Internet Book Mobile) 
Tampere City Library puts the web on wheels and takes it to the users.
http://www.tampere.fi/kirjasto/nettinysse/index.htm

Helsinki City Library
Operates »The Multicultural Library« 
http://www.lib.hel.fi/mcl/

Information Gas Station 
A library where users can ask anything via anything. Information service is available both for those who visit the iGS service point and for web customers. The iGS service point is a mobile information service booth, which is taken to where the people are: to public places, e.g. railway stations or shopping centres, fairs or service blocks. Web customers are given information service through e-mail or text messages, and also in the future with a chat technique. Web customers reach the information Gas Station through the iGS web page http://igs.kirjastot.fi/index3.html

Greece
17 new mobile libraries are serving primary and secondary schools without library facilities. The programme is funded from the Ministry of Education and is intended to contribute to the development of library services across the country. Information about the project can be found on the main web site at 
http://www.ypepth.gr/

Veria Public Library
The first public library in Greece to experiment with offering electronic service to people living in rural areas through |Mobile Libraries. Project was funded under E.E (libraries program). Final report can be seen at
http://www.libver.gr/gr.info/mobile_archive.htm

Ireland
Branching Out
Report prepared by a project team specially established by the Minister for the Environment and local Government to review public library policy in Ireland. It defines two key priorities: to ensure that Ireland moves rapidly to embrace the opportunities of the information society so as to support economic and social progress as well as more participative democracy; to establish an inclusive society in which all citizens can participate fully in the social and economic life of the country.
http://www.librarycouncil.ie/branching.html

Mobile library services 
In rural areas, suburbs, medium-sized towns and farming communities.
Kerry County Library http://www.kerrycountylibrary.com/
Mayo County Library http://www.mayococo.ie/library/mobillib.html
Fingal County Libraries http://www.iol.ie/~fincolib/

WebSmart - Internet Residency Programme 
Dublin City Public libraries employed an Internet mentor to give a series of practical lessons to those designated as late-adopters of technology. Using free public access Internet provided by all public libraries, groups of mainly retired men and women were taken through a series of basic skills to enable them to use computers and the Internet.
http://www.iol.ie/dublincitylibrary/

Storytelling Programme in County Wexford
Programme involving schools, hospitals, and residential homes and day-care centres for the elderly, travellers and ethnic minorities. 
http://www.wexford.ie/library.htm

Italy
The Association of Prison Libraries 
Founded in 2000 in order to support all the people who are involved, at different levels, or deal with the management of prison libraries. It is located in Milan at the State University.
http://ospiti.cilea.it/abc/index.htm 

CREMISI and ABSIDE
CREMISI aimed to create a network of multimedia halls in twelve National Libraries, focusing on providing training courses either for librarians, workers and citizens. It ended in 2000. An extension of CREMISI, the ABSIDE project has just been approved in the framework of the EQUAL Programme. The project aims to test how new models based on training services offered by libraries, integrating training and accompanying measures, can support activities targeting discrimination and exclusion problems. The project targets both librarians and end-users.
http://www.cremisi.org/
http://www.amitie.it/abside/top1.htm

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