Public Libraries 2020
Public Libraries 2020 and their initiatives to
challenge outdated perceptions that European policy makers might have
of public libraries. Financed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and managed by the Reading & Writing Foundation of the Netherlands, the PL2020 project raises awareness of the critical work that the EU’s 65,000 public libraries carry out every day.
We have talked with Hannah Thominet, Project Officer at Reading and Writing Foundation, who tells us more about the project.
Based not far from the EU institutions, the PL2020 team has a strong focus on putting libraries on the EU agenda. We work together with librarians, associations and advocates to raise awareness of the value of public libraries as partners for social and economic development under the Europe 2020 strategy. From policies on education and digital skills, to data protection and copyright reform, we engage with European policy makers to ensure that they understand the potential contribution of modern public libraries in achieving EU objectives.
There are real issues at stake for all types of libraries; preservation, text and data mining, out-of-commerce works, cross-border lending and e-book lending, and PL2020 has collaborated with likeminded organisations (IFLA, EBLIDA, LIBER, Europeana and CENL) to pool our resources and represent the interests of libraries and their users.
PL2020 has also been intimately involved with EU policies on digital skills development – an area in which we know that thousands of European public libraries are extremely active.
We have talked with Hannah Thominet, Project Officer at Reading and Writing Foundation, who tells us more about the project.
Putting libraries on the EU agenda
Public Libraries 2020 (PL2020) is a European public library advocacy project based in Brussels, Belgium, the heart of the EU. Since 2014, our aim has been on the one hand to challenge outdated perceptions that European policy makers might have of public libraries, and on the other hand, to work with dynamic players in the library sector to learn from each other and share best practice in library advocacy and innovation.Based not far from the EU institutions, the PL2020 team has a strong focus on putting libraries on the EU agenda. We work together with librarians, associations and advocates to raise awareness of the value of public libraries as partners for social and economic development under the Europe 2020 strategy. From policies on education and digital skills, to data protection and copyright reform, we engage with European policy makers to ensure that they understand the potential contribution of modern public libraries in achieving EU objectives.
There are real issues at stake for all types of libraries; preservation, text and data mining, out-of-commerce works, cross-border lending and e-book lending, and PL2020 has collaborated with likeminded organisations (IFLA, EBLIDA, LIBER, Europeana and CENL) to pool our resources and represent the interests of libraries and their users.
PL2020 has also been intimately involved with EU policies on digital skills development – an area in which we know that thousands of European public libraries are extremely active.
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and managed by the Reading & Writing Foundation of the Netherlands, the PL2020 project raises awareness of the critical work
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