Barnsley Library Service pioneering Race Online 2012
Barnsley Library Service is actively involved with Race Online 2012 – and looks forward to developing future opportunities to support people to get online as part of the pledge made by SCL to enable another 500,000 people to become digital citizens by 2012 through the public library network across the UK.
Barnsley Libraries were honoured to help launch the 2009 Get Online Day and to welcome the UK’s Digital Champion, Martha Lane Fox to Royston Lifelong Learning Centre and the Central Library.
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council’s success in Microsoft’s ‘Britain Works Challenge’ venture has given the people of Barnsley access to over 50,000 free Microsoft online training courses – Essential Skills, Business Worker and Technical Specialist, with the Library Service working with other Council departments to make this a success.
Local Councillor Roy Miller, Cabinet Member for Customer & Neighbourhood Services said, “The Library Service offers free Internet access in all our service points and the staff have been both supportive and very proactive in contributing to Barnsley’s aspirations to help everyone in the borough get online by 2012. We look forward to fully playing our part in Race Online 2012.”