1. We made it!
Public libraries as learning spaces
Rasha Hussein Tawfik
Head of IT Department
ESCD - The Cultural Center
Egypt
2013

3. Public Libraries & Education
• Knowledge and
instruction are no
longer restricted to
classrooms
• Changing student
needs
• An ever-changing
world
• Openness

4. Public Libraries & Education
• Globalization
• Social media
• Recovering the
deficiency in the
education systems

5. Challenges
• Libraries define themselves as information
hubs and resource centers
• A clear mismatch between the library’s own
view of its role and the perception of the
public in general
• Lack of fund

6. Examples of Successful Training Programs
1. Interactive Media Classes
2. E-magazine creator
3. 3D graphic designer
4. Children Create their Own
Electronic Books
5. Young Web Designer
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7. Interactive Media
-Training young people to deal with the
media.
-Training young people to optimize the
use of electronic media and social
networking.
-Training young people on how to
submit a targeted media message.
-Enhancing presentation skills and skills
of persuasion and influence, listening,
criticism and analysis.
-Using computer Software for producing
short movies with good content and
meaningful message.
-Enhancing skills related to freedom of
expression and creativity.

8. Interactive Media

9. E-Magazine creator
-Training youth on how to
develop their own electronic
books and magazines
-Enhancing skills related to
freedom of expression and
creativity.
-Encouraging youth to benefit
from useful free services on
the web to build their own
projects.
-Encouraging youth to gain
general knowledge through
improving their IT skills.

10. E-Magazine creator
Eye on arts:
http://joom.ag/YTNX
First Aid: http://joom.ag/3XAX
Art and Chocolate:
http://www.joomag.com/mg/
0416719001371111429
Dr. Zewail:
http://www.joomag.com/ma
gazine/ahmedzewail/0572663001371971948

11. 3D graphic designer
-Promoting artistic sense,
imagination and creativity
among young people.
-Training young people to
deal with 3D software.
-Guiding young people to
benefit from the free license
software (ex. Sketchup –
sweet home 3D…etc)

12. 3D graphic designer

13. 3D graphic designer

14. Children Create their own Electronic Books
-Encourage the child to redraft the book, achieve a
double benefit: Encourage
reading & promote the use
of technology.
-Enrich the imagination and
creativity.
-Try to engage preschool
children in activities dealing
more with the book.

15. Children Create their own Electronic Books
Examples of books:
• Short vision
• The little Peacock.

16. Young Web Designer
-Training Youth to acquire valuable
and useful information by searching
over the web
- Encouraging young people to
read and learn from books to
diversify the sources of information
they use in their websites
-Training young people on how to
use the advanced techniques to
develop their own websites.
-Providing young people with the
knowledge
of
the
electronic
publishing ethics

17. Young Web Designer
Examples of Projects:
The digestive system
http://alolaalola.wix.com/digetive_sy
stem
The Cheetah – the most fastest animal
in the world
http://mariosaleh.wix.com/cheetah
Robots
http://adhamakram.wix.com/robot
Tennis ball game
http://manoush801.wix.com/tennis
Manchester City Football Club
http://omar96azab.wix.com/mc