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September 3-6, 2007: Twenty two public library directors from various Ukrainian
regions met on September 3-6 in Crimean cities Simferopol and Yevpatoria to discuss
Internet access issues and the role of libraries in broadening access to electronic information.
Kiev IRC staff and PAO assistant held a workshop entitled, "Library Electronic Access Project (LEAP)
of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine: Analyzing Experience, Planning the Future." Library directors
visited LEAP Internet centers in Crimean I. Franko Republican Library,
Crimean-Tatar Gasprinsky Republican Library, Yevpatoria City Public Library; discussed
best practices for administering a LEAP center and grant management; received training in
providing free access to information. The workshop and the Internet center opened in Yevpatoria
City Library with the help of the U.S. Embassy grant was covered in the local
"Yevpatoriyskaya Zdravnitsa" newspaper with the audience of 25,200.
Yevpartoria Deputy Mayor Mr. Valeriy Batiuk as well as all 22 library directors
from various parts of Ukraine gave the recognition to the Embassy and U.S. government
for funding this important program.
August 20-22, 2007: Kyiv IRC staff and the PAO assistant held a workshop entitled,
"Electronic Resources for Everyone: Strategies and Tactics of Internet Center Creation in
Public Libraries of Ukraine." Thirteen public library directors, the winners of the latest
round of Library Electronic Access (LEAP) grants, received training in providing free access
to information and grant management. Kherson Deputy Mayor Serhiy Cherevko,
Kalanchak Rayon Administration Head Vasyl Bohunenko and Kalanchak Rayon Council Head Mykola
Sheptura praised the U.S. Embassy for supporting the development of Internet centers in their
public libraries. With the opening of 13 new LEAP centers in various regions of Ukraine more
Ukrainian citizens will receive free access to information. It will serve to bridge the
digital divide in Ukrainian society and broaden the partnership between the United States
and Ukraine.
The U.S. Embassy has awarded grants to 16 Ukrainian public libraries to open free public
Internet centers as part of the Library Electronic Access Project (LEAP). The goal of this
program is to support Ukrainian citizens' access to information, a cornerstone of democracy.
PA Opens Two Public Access Internet Centers for citizens of Krasny Luch,
Lugansk oblast and Ievpatoria, Crimea:
On February 14 and 21 PA opened two new Public Access Internet Centers in the Eastern
Ukrainian town of Krasny Luch, Lugansk oblast and the Southern Ukrainian town of Yevpatoria, Crimea.
Head of the Krasny Luch Department of Culture, other officials and library patrons thanked PA and the U.S.
Government for the grant. Ms. Maryna Chupryna, director of Krasny Luch Library, said that the LEAP project
not only brought computer equipment and Internet connection to her library, but also brought the support of
local authorities.
Ms. Svitlana Arikhina, director of Yevpatoria library said that the victory in the LEAP project and
succeeding training workshop organized by PA helped her to broaden her horizons, to build bridges with
other Internet centers and learn about other programs, sponsored by the U.S. Government in Ukraine.
"The library's Internet center, which is located in the city center, will help thousands and thousands
of my citizens to get free access to information, due to the LEAP program, -" said Ms.Arikhina.
New Public Access Internet Center in Tulchyn Central Rayon Library:
On January 26, POL OMS Debbie Ash represented the U.S. Embassy at the opening of the newest LEAP
(Library Internet Access Project) Center in the Tulchyn Central Rayon Library.
More than 100 library patrons, government officials, local media and guests attended
the event. Top officials of the rayon and oblast administration thanked the U.S.
Embassy for the grant, which helped to bring Internet to the library and ensure free
access to information for the local community. "The Internet Center opening in Tulchyn
Rayon Library is a real information revolution in the region, which will bring lots
of changes in its future development," said the Head of the Rayon Administration Mr.
Novitskiy.
January 2007: The New Public Access Internet Center in the "Heart of Ukraine"
December 2006: Three New Public Access Internet Centers (LEAP) are opened in Ukrainina Libraries: |
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