Millions of people access the Internetfor the �rst time in a public library.Did You Know?

SKILLS IN ROMANIA

1%

38.7%of Romanian employersencounter di�culties in findingemployees with the rights skills

of Romanian adults participatein life-long learning activities

Romania ranks 28 onthe EU’s Digital Economy& Society Index (DESI)

28

in RomaniaLIBRARIES AND SKILLS

2017

LIBRARIES IN ROMANIA

One library per8,063 inhabitants

Population:19.4 million

of them o�erinternet access.

67%

THERE ARE

2406PUBLIC

LIBRARIESIN ROMANIA

500,000adults per yearuse a computerin the library.

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Information drawn from: European Commission Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) 2016; European Commission Education and Training Monitor 2016; OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC); TNS Global Survey Measuring perceptions of the benefits of ICT in public libraries in the EU; the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA) and the Romanian Library Association (Asociaţia Naţională a Bibliotecarilor şi Bibliotecilor Publice din România (ANBPR).

48%of public library usersin Romania took partin educational activitiesat the library.

2.9 MILLIONADULTS USE THEPUBLIC LIBRARYeach year