Opportunities of Collaboration with Public Libraries on Government and Governance

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Umut Al, Seda Öz & Zehra Taşkın

{umutal, sedaoz, ztaskin}@hacettepe.edu.tr

Opportunities of Collaboration with Public Libraries on Government

and Governance

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Plan

 Global Libraries Initiative

 Librar-e Turkey Planning and Pilot Project

 Methodology

 Findings

 Conclusion

IFLA World Library and Information Congress: 82nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 13-19 August 2016, Columbus, Ohio, USA

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Global Libraries Initiative

 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Institution Country Grant amount ($)

Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam Vietnam 29,998,220 Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y Las Artes Mexico 29,265,746

Polish-American Freedom Foundation Poland 28,000,000

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia Latvia 17,781,000 Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania Lithuania 15,210,000

Colombia Ministry of Culture Colombia 15,129,857

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Global Libraries Initiative

 1997=> First grant

 1997-2015 => 891 institutions get grants

 Some partners

 READ Global

 eIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries)

 IREX

 IFLA

 OCLC (Online Computer Library Center)

Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2015b

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About Librar-e Turkey Planning and Pilot Project

 28-months (started as of July, 2013)

 26 provinces

 Chosen from 2nd level category of

“Nomenclature of Territorial Units for

Statistics”, by Turkish Statistical Institute

 78 pilot libraries in seven geographic regions

 One province public library, two district public

libraries

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About Librar-e Turkey Planning and Pilot Project

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About Librar-e Turkey Planning and Pilot Project

 Four working groups

 Advocacy

 ICT (Information & Communication Technologies)

 Training

 Impact Assessment

 Needs assessment

 Library visits

 Meetings and webinars

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Methodology

 Survey of Library Usage

 Two library usage questionnaires

 2014: 2670 participants

 2015: 2666 participants

 CIMS

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CIMS Indicators Related to Government and Governance

Metrics

# of library visitors who search for government information using technology at the public library

# of library visitors who use a government service through technology at the public library

# of library visitors who participate in governance processes using technology at the public library

# of library visitors who save time by accessing a government service using technology at the public library

# of library visitors who receive money/subsidies/support owed to them by the government as a result of their ability to access government

services using technology at the public library

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Findings

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Internet Penetration Rate of

Some European Countries

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Internet Usage in Turkey

Source: The World Bank, 2016

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e-Government in Turkey

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Number of Registered Users

(https://www.turkiye.gov.tr/)

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Findings about Government and

Governance Indicators

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Technology Related Activities at the Public Libraries

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Technology Related Activities at

the Public Libraries

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Conclusion and Further Studies

 Potential for creating awareness about the e-government services

 Demand for e-government trainings

 Country wide Project => LIFE

 Collaboration with governmental institutions

 Role of Turkish Librarians Association

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Acknowledgments

 Global Libraries Initiative of the Bill &

Melinda Gates Foundation

 Dr. Sinan Akıllı

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References

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (2015a). Awarded grants. Retrieved from: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-

Links/Grants-Database

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (2015b). Partners. Retrieved from:

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do/Global- Development/Global-Libraries/Global-Libraries-Partners

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