Study of Library Services of Vocational Schools

Aim of the project is to introduce the participating vocational school librarians through study visits to the following:

• • the library system of Spain and Italy
  • the library services of these two countries (included vocational schools)
  • their information technology infrastructure
  • their human resources needs
  • and their trainings offerd for library users (readers)

Contents of the foreign exchange programme:During the programme, we are organizing two study trips lasting one and one week (one week in Spain and one week in Italy). Both visits consist of the following elements:

• • attending meetings with the leaders of the host organizations, negotiations on the present and future collaborations
  • getting acquainted with the work of the host organizations (libraries)
  • attending professional courses, consultations, presentations about the library and information technology services and library users’ education
  • visiting vocational school and other librtaries

Duration of the project: 12 months (1st June, 2009 – 31st May, 2010)