LIT Library has been funded by the European Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency under the Tempus IV EU funding programme for a project which will develop information literacy for lifelong learning and knowledge economy in Western Balkan countries.
LIT is the first Irish institution to lead a Tempus project in the history of the Tempus programme which has been running since 1990, which is also the largest project ever approved for a Library and Information Science project, with funds of €1.2m being allocated.
The project will be managed by Jerald Cavanagh - Institute Librarian, Limerick Institute of Technology on behalf of the Project Management Committee (PMC) and coordinated by Padraig Kirby - Tempus Project Coordinator/Acting Senior Library Assistant, Limerick Institute of Technology.
Tempus is the European Union’s programme which supports the modernisation of higher education in the Partner Countries of Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Western Balkans and the Mediterranean region, mainly through university cooperation projects.
LIT Library will lead a project involving 12 other higher education institutions in Romania, Greece, United Kingdom, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro & Kosovo under UNSC Resolution 1244/99 to develop Information Literacy (IL) for lifelong learning and knowledge economy in Western Balkan countries.
The project will see the development of IL programs for lifelong learning and their use in curricula, development of innovative online IL modules for lifelong learning and the harmonisation of the IL programs with those currently active in Western Balkan countries. The project aims to strengthen the capacities of higher education institutions in the Western Balkans for the strategic planning and implementation of IL programs to instill transferable skills for a competitive, dynamic, knowledge-based economy.
This project builds on the Library’s experience on previous successful projects in 2010 and 2011 under the Grundtvig Lifelong Learning Programme.
Contact details: Jerald Cavanagh - Institute Librarian/Tempus Project Leader
+353 61 293806Jerald.Cavanagh@lit.ie
Padraig Kirby - Tempus Project Coordinator/Acting Senior Library Assistant
+353 61 293516Padraig.Kirby@lit.ie