The County Library "George Baritiu" Brasov in Romania serves over 285,000 inhabitants. Through partnerships and programs like Biblionet and Digifolio, the library aims to provide innovative educational resources and technology training to patrons of all ages. Digifolio helps secondary school students develop digital skills through e-portfolios, while the SMS Preschool program promotes early childhood education and parenting skills. These initiatives have expanded the library's role in the community and increased its number of users, particularly children.

1. The future library
INSPIRE-CONNECT-EDUCATE
innovative library services in the
County Library “George Baritiu” Brasov

2. County Library “George Baritiu” Brasov - Romania
The County Library “George Baritiu” Brasov is committed to serving a
diversifying community with a core population of more than 285,000
inhabitants
The Library is well regarded as an important education, information,
entertainment and community resource for people of all ages
The Library features a collection of more than 630,000 physical
items, including books, CDs, DVDs, periodicals, and software
The Library is also active in bringing new technologies to its patrons,
offering dozens of electronic resources, computer equipment and
training for adults and children, assistive reading devices and online
services.
about LIBRARY

3. County Library “George Baritiu” Brasov - Romania
The Library is divided into eight departments: Administration,
Technical Services, Children's & Teen Services, Circulation
Services, Collections & Bibliographic Services, Information
Services, Permanent Education Center, Multicultural Center
(Hungarian, French, and English)
Each department is chaired by a Department Head who reports
to the Director. The Library has 79 full-time employees
about LIBRARY

4. County Library “George Baritiu” Brasov - Romania
Through a partnership between the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, IREX, the National Association of Public Libraries
and Librarians (ANBPR), the Ministry of Culture, local and
national governments, and libraries through the country, Biblionet
is helping to develop a modern public library system in Romania
Biblionet is a five-year program that helps Romanian libraries
better serve their communities through training and technology.
2,000 public libraries equipped, 3,000 librarians trained in how to
use new technology to provide better services to library visitors
and 41 new training centers for librarians established across the
country
Milestone

5. DIGIFOLIO is a program address to secondary school-aged
children 12 - 14 years old for developing digital
competencies by using digital portfolios in order to reach
active involvement of children in the educational process
and productive usage of NTIC
SMS PRESCHOOL the purpose of service is to promote a
healthy lifestyle for children through a joint program that
combines practical activities for children aged 3 to 7 with
the development of knowledge and skills among their
parents and educators
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New services

6. DIGIFOLIO – starting an e-portfolio
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7. DIGIFOLIO – the result
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8. SMS PRESCHOOL
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9. SMS PRESCHOOL
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10. SMS PRESCHOOL
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11. The Library conducted a research regarding users needs,
centered on school skills assessment
The Library established the necessary and relevant
partnerships
The Library produced the teaching materials
The Library trained the personnel involved (teachers,
librarians, volunteers)
The Library attracted funds for the performance of
programs
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STEPS

12. Attracting and retaining new library users
Forming a new category of library user
Developing digital competencies and multimedia skills
Improving students' school results
Promote the concept “learning by doing”
Developing a new brand library services
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OBJECTIVES

13.  2 Web site presentation
http://digifolioen.weebly.com/
http://smsprescolar.weebly.com/index.html
 62 e-portfolios
http://digifolioen.weebly.com/62-e-portfolios.html
 promotion: video clip, poster
 500 new beneficiaries
 30 new partnerships
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RESULTS

14. Children
• Open access to a new, useful and funny learning
experience
• Abilities to use different educational instruments on
internet, to share their experience, to promote their work
• Assess over time
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BENEFITS

15. Teacher
• Ongoing record of progress
• Able to access their student’s digital work
• Efficient, less paper
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BENEFITS

16. Community
• A free educational center for their children
• A new generation prepared to face up the 21st century
challenges
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BENEFITS

17. Library became
the Excellence Center for services offered to
children aged between 0 and 14 years
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BENEFITS

18. To develop an e-learning platform dedicated to
teachers
To implement a Training-of-Trainers (TOT) for
school librarians and elementary an secondary
school teachers
To introduce new web tools of our users
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NEXT CHALLENGE

19. “I am not a teacher, but an
awakener.”
Robert Frost
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Our inspiration

20. • The children’s remarks about the
project show us that it was the most
beautiful learning experience (Necula
Andra-Oana), the best project
(Mărcuş Andrei), it was new, useful
and funny at the same time (many
opinions), they learnt to think clearly
and to develop their creativity.
• Mihai Elena Francesca: “I do not
want change anything in this project
because it’s perfect!”
• Andrei Padure : “I wish that
Digifolio to last until the end of the
World.”
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STORIES of PARTICIPANTS

21. THANK YOU!
Claudia Popescu
pclaudia@gmail.com
Daniel Nazare
nazaredan@yahoo.com
Crina Bustenaru
crina.davidescu@gmail.com
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