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What is Riga Ministerial Declaration

Chapter 21
Handbook of Research on Comparative Approaches to the Digital Age Revolution in Europe and the Americas
After the Ministerial Conference “ICT for an Inclusive Society” the Ministers responsible for digital inclusion policy of the European Union and other 9 countries approved a Ministerial Declaration to promote an inclusive society and free information barriers.
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Discussion on Digital Inclusion Good Practices at Europe's Libraries
Maria-Jesús Colmenero-Ruiz (Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain)
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8740-0.ch021
Abstract
In this chapter the social role of digital libraries as agents to promote digital inclusion is discussed. It analyzes how European policies of promotion of the Information Society, aimed at digital inclusion were developed and incorporated by the European Libraries, mainly through projects and efforts for the dissemination of good practices. Assuming a broad concept of what good practice is, some experiences considered good practice for digital inclusion in the various stages of this process in European Libraries are shown. Dissemination of good practices has had uneven success without having established a stable formal and institutional channel that favors it.
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