1. Ilona Kish
Public Libraries 2030, Brussels, Belgium

2. Working together better
Ilona KISH
EDGE, Edinburgh 2019

3. Stepping out of our comfort zone
New projects
Stepping out of our comfort zone
In this presentation, I’m going to talk about some experiences we had last year running a libraries project with Google.
But I want to use this example to look at what helps and limits libraries in building co-operation projects
And also to explore why I think doing collaborative projects, especially across borders is of value to libraries, and not just financially

4. PL2030
We work to:
Create innovative projects with libraries and link them to relevant partners and funders
Advocate for the importance of public libraries to EU decision makers
Connect libraries with partners to contribute to civil society initiatives.
Put public libraries on the agenda by showing how they are providing spaces that can help to solve crucial issues.

5. Public Libraries 2020

6. Picture of team
10 partners from the UK and from Ireland
10,000 euros per library
Toolkit on digital resources

7. Libraries Lead With Digital
Add link to toolkit
ALA: 500,000 dollars for initial research, original cohort of 30 libraries
1,000,000 dollars micro funds for 250 libraries during Computer Science Education Week

8. What worked?

9. What would we do differently?
Reminder: be positive, encourage them to go to the toolkit
Technical access of libraries
Resources/capacity
Ways of working – Google vs libraries (culture, language – both need to compromise)
Reputation
But positive = financing digital skills in libraries, easy and fast to work with, proof point for further (gov) funding

10. Wider context What do funders want Erasmus+
Cross border collaboration – connection - innovation
Libraries are broke(n)
What’s missing

11. Looking to the future Citizen Science Education and digital skills
Democracy and participation

12. Thank you! ilona@pl2030.eu www.publiclibraries2030.eu
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