1. Oppland County Library and
Public Libraries
(10 local libraries)
”Stepping stones into the Digital World” Aizkraukle – Latvia 1. – 4.Nov 2007

2. Norway Oppland county 26 municipalities 26 Public libraries
2 High school libraries
17 Secondary school libraries
100 Primary School-libraries

3. Main goals for the project
Give ALL users IT-skills
Enorge 2009, carry out the visjon about equal ICT –accsess for everybody
Matched to individual needs in a modern ICT society
Help libraries to take new roles
Give the inhabitants of Oppland County a better and free service in order
to improve their digital competence

4. 1.The need/aim of the costomers/project How to examine the needs and aims?
Questionnaires to find out the level of the users
Questions about computer skills (phone)
One to one lesson before course
Seniorsurf meeting before teaching in course and groups.

5. for henvendelser omkring digital basiskompetanse
Registreringsskjema
for henvendelser omkring digital basiskompetanse
(Survey about the users digital level)

6. 2.Target groups Give ALL users in Oppland IT-skills Adults 40-100!
Immigrants

7. 3. Training curriculum – model of teaching
Co-operation between Oppland county library and ten public libraries
Oppland county library:
Giving the libraries a program
of coaching and certification.
Course a 2 days training
The public libraries:
Organised courses
One to one lessons
Small groups

8. Why we chose this model? Each library has different possibilities:
The staff (depending of size of library)
Technical equipment
Venues and rooms
Different opening hours: daytime/evening courses

9. 4. Training material Books e-Borger, Eduke
CD, ABC-pc from WOX-The Norwegian
National Centre for learning in Working life
Manuals selfmade in the public libraries
Links
”Local exercises and tasks”

10. 5. Evaluation Report from each library Common report for the county
Evaluation scheme
Good respons from the participants
Important that library services are free of charge
Library help everybody; both young and old!
Comments from an enthusiastic 80 years old lady:
”It`s funnier and funnier for everytime I come to you! What an enrichment for mye pensioner-life” And she finally bought herself her own PC

11. 6. Funding and finance Oppland county library 8000Euro from Grundtvig
Part of regular work
Free of charge for the participants

12. 7. Dissemination Reports Marketed by lecturing at national conferences
Informated in local and regional networks
Published in newspapers
Published on web-sides
Brochures

13. Our Experiences The libraries report long waiting lists
The libraries have had to upgrade
the computer equipment to meet the increasing respond
Mostly participants at the age of 60+
Terrific feedback