Marjaana Meriläinen's Page

My organization

Tampere City Library - Pirkanmaa Regional Library. Information Society Services

Website

http://www.tampere.fi/kirjasto/english.htm

Address

Sampola Library - NetSquare
Sammonkatu 2
P.O. Box 59
FI-33541 Tampere
Finland

What we do as an organization (100-word description)

Objectives of Tampere City Library's Information Society Services:
-To provide all residents of Tampere with a possibility to learn digital literacy and to use online services.
-To prevent social exclusion concerning several population groups, such as immigrants, the unemployed and the elderly improving their employment possibilities and their quality of life.
-To encourage residents to participate in the democratic process.
-To have the right to contact companies and public administrative offices by using the new media, most of all, the Internet.
We consist of two NetSquares and the Internet-bus

My function in the organization

Service Manager for Information Society Services

What ICT or e-Skill training programs does your organization offer?

Personal guidance in using computers and Internet.
Courses in using computers and Internet. Courses in special themes. e.g. Skype, Social media, information security, picture processing etc.

What other training services does your organization provides?

Courses and guidance for the library staff.

Other services and activities:

NetSquares are situated in branch libraries, which have all library services.

Target groups

Open to all.

Partners: (other NGOs)

Senior clubs, unemplyed association, local dyslexia association

Partners: (government)

Department of Information Studies and Interactive Media in University of Tampere

Other partners:

Day-care centers, schools

How we contribute to the network

Best practices/Success stories, Evaluation tools/methodologies, Data and statistics

How you got in touch with this social network site?

I got involved through a telecentre-europe event

My personal areas of interest or expertise

Information society skills and public libraries.
Training courses in public libraries.
Media literacy. Digital literacy.