With a hoe and a laptop in the field

Since the Jagodina Library team got back from Beyond Access Asia: 2013 in Bali, public interest in the project has increased. The director of the Library was interviewed for the article titled "Unusual rural libraries: When farmers are studying" for the Serbian print and electronic edition of the magazine Business & Finance.

 The link to the article: http://bif.rs/2013/10/nesvakidasnje-seoske-biblioteke-kad-poljoprivrednici-studiraju/ 

On Sunday, 17 November, the daily newspaper Vecernje Novosti published an article about the AgroLib Ja project in their weekend edition, with the highest circulation during the week. The headline "With a hoe and a laptop in the field" attracts readers’ attention. They have the opportunity to read about the project idea, its awards, Beyond Access and its benefits for the local community.

The director of the library highlights that there are 311 rural libraries in Serbia with no computers or Internet access and that in such libraries the programs and services are not adapted to the needs of the people.

The link to the article:  http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/reportaze/aktuelno.293.html:464052-Jedinstven-program-na-svetu-za-obrazovanje-seljaka-U-njivu-sa-motikom-i-laptopom

On Monday, 11 November on a local TV station Palma Plus, the director of the Library talked about the project in the program "U prvom planu".

 The media interest in the project does not decline, so the feature on the project will be shown on the prime time news "Dnevnik" on 19 November.

The Ministry of Culture has finally realized the significance of the project recently, and wants to disseminate the idea of agricultural libraries in other libraries in Serbia.