<< Objectives >>The project creates pedagogy for enhancing the reading of diverse readers. The idea is to set up a profile of a reading motivator to work with students and also teachers. The model is based on reading for pleasure pedagogy (RfP), reading profiles and motivation as well as research implemented in the project. As a result, there will a training package for reading motivators, tools for implementing the reading profiles, a model of individualized RfP and research on different tools of the project.<< Implementation >>First, previous research on reading for pleasure and motivation is investigated and the content for training the reading motivators is formed. The reading profiles and reading pathways of students are created and the motivators trained. Next, the motivators scaffold the model in workshops. The effects are tested pre- and post-test. Lastly, the research results and the guidelines for the reading motivators are published, together with the country-specific good practices in RfP pedagogy.<< Results >>The result will be a set of reading profiles and reading-pathways, a course curriculum on RfP, trained reading motivators and a selection of good practices with country-specific differentiation. Reading motivation of the students in the project will increase and the teachers will gain tools for implementing RfP pedagogy in their practice. Tools for forming reading profiles of students will be provided as well as a model of individualised RfP pedagogy and guidelines based on the project findings.

In February 2014 were approximately 25,920 million unemployed people in Europe, unemployment rate was 11,9%. It is essential for unemployed to keep informed, that they receive new knowledge and develops social and civic competences as tools in preventing social exclusion. The unemployed are faced with many problems when looking for employment. Many of them have a lack of information literacy and skills for detecting own personal strengths, weaknesses and interest. Public libraries as social responsible institutions can help to change this. Contemporary public libraries are local centres for education, culture, information and at the same time they function as social meeting points. Seven public libraries (Mestna knjiznica Ljubljana, Regional Public Library “Petko Rachev Slaveikov”, Monaghan County Library Services, Volkshochschule- Stadtbibliothek Linz, The County Library in Brasov, Library and Information services/ The City of Vantaa and Kaunas county public library) through use of innovative practices and methods raised competences of unemployed to reduce the number of less educated unemployed (especially in the field of ICT) and to strength connection between education and labour market.Objectives of the project LinkINjob - Job hunting with help of librarians:• Training course for library staff working with the unemployed (20 participants) was developed. With new practices in the field of adult education the project result – training model for librarians - stimulates professional development of library staff and strengthens position of libraries as learning organizations.• e-Guidelines of best practice based on training activities for unemployed in libraries and on new skills related to library staff were developed. e-Guidelines were translated in six national languages and on this way support multilingualism. • 32 learning activities for unemployed, among them 10 based on ICT (350 participants) were organized. Activities (workshops, courses, presentations etc.) were prepared in partners libraries, based on new skills and ideas of library staff. Learning activities were focused on new skills: financial literacy, computer and information literacy and entrepreneurship as key competences for lifelong learning of unemployed. As unemployed are a heterogeneous group the libraries formed learning activities adapted to the needs of smaller groups and individuals: long term unemployed, old workers, less educated, women, migrants, people with special needs, first job seekers.• During the project libraries have informed the target group and wider community about lifelong learning and access to it in libraries.• Strong partnership of public libraries from 7 European countries was established. • Other European libraries and institutions for adult education have open access to e-Guidelines of best practices and other products of the project (OER).• The project has contributed to the general development of civil society on the local level and has favoured the integration of the target group of unemployed people.Partnership was established on basis of former cooperation and on detection of similar problems with which library staff are faced when work with unemployed. Partners communicated through transnational partners meetings (4 meetings, 54 participants), library staff training course and also via different communication channels.For monitoring and evaluating results of project partners used indicators based on library statistics, list of participants and questionnaires.Impact of the project was focused on participants (unemployed and library staff), on partners’ organizations and on other relevant stakeholders.Dissemination of project results has been very important phase in project structure. Partners disseminated results and good practice on valorisation meetings with relevant stakeholders in local community (7 meetings, 143 participants), among different national and international networks, project web page was prepared and regularly updated during the project. All partners took part in dissemination activities and used proven methods of public relation.

Digital technologies and online tools are a key driver to foster improved library services for visually impaired readers.Nevertheless, in most EU countries:- library staff is not fully aware about the scope and potential of ICT tools and services for the involvement of visually impaired users, and awareness is also poor on valuable experiences and best practices that could be reproduced at local and international level;- digital competencies of library staff are often insufficient to effectively integrate digital tools.TECH.LIBRARY focuses on 3 main objectives:1) favour the exchange of best practices among staffs of different libraries on services and ICT tools for the involvement of visually impaired users2) expand library staffs’ digital competencies through tailored training activities on ICT tools3) establish a network of libraries for cooperation in responding to visually impaired users’ needs.Following activities will be implemented in order to reach the foreseen objectives:1) Project coordination, which will guarantee a sound technical and financial management of the project,2) Exchange of best practices and study visits so as to give the possibility to each participant to learn and understand how other libraries and countries use ICT for the involvement of visually impaired users,3) Development of a web platform enabling users to get trained, share experiences and opinions, communicate, networking and disseminate project activities and initiatives,4) Short term joint staff training on latest ICT technologies to offer services to visually impaired users,5) Targeted dissemination and exploitation activities: 6 conferences (3 at transnational level and 3 at national level) to disseminate the project achievements and to engage stakeholders within the TECH.LIBRARY online platform.The partnership is composed by 6 public libraries from 6 different countries, supported by one technical partner. The project will involve 122 participants in the training and exchange of best practices activities, whereas 260 will participate in the multiplier events.Moreover, a significant number of external libraries will be engaged in networking and sharing of experiences through the web platform, which will also provide them with useful information, training videos and materials, demos and much more contents to improve their staffs’ digital competencies (it is estimated that more than 300 users will register and actively participate in the platform).Three intellectual outputs will be produced by project activities:1) TECH.LIBRARY online platform2) Training videos in 7 different languages3) Practical handbook and recommendations of best practices in 7 different languages.The expected impact of the project is to promote the professional development of libraries' staff in ICT methodologies all while upskilling their key competencies and fostering much greater inclusiveness in libraries by improving key services dedicated to blind and visually impaired users all around Europe.Becoming a genuinely inclusive library for visually impaired readers is not only about the capacity to adapt to ever changing digital technologies, but also about enabling library staff to play an all-inclusive role.