TIOP Tender – 01.03.2010.

Mezőkövesd Town Library joint with the Felsőzsolca General Cultural Centre’s Library has won 8 million HUF with the tender ‘ Knowledge Depot – Express’ announced by the National Development Agency. The Social Renewal Operational Program (TIOP 3.2.4/08/1) is aimed at coordinating development of infrastructure of library services. The tender is titled : ‘ Coordinated and IT infrastructure development in libraries of Felsőzsolca and Mezőkövesd’.

Both Libraries of Felsőzsolca and Mezőkövesd received 4 million HUF.

The project was the primary source to develop and modernize the library’s outdated IT assets and provide up-to-date and user friendly equipment.

The Felsőzsolca and Mezőkövesd Libraries’ ICT tools are incomplete, outdated, do not meet the needs of the readers nor the library staff. The present project provides an opportunity for purchasing the missing equipment, softwares and ICT equipment. The development helps to expand the current services, introduce new library services, such as readers and staff workstations, colour printing, writer-reader meetings, conferences, projection presentations to supplement courses.

Tender accomplishment – the purchase of ICT equipment – is to begin on 1st April, 2010.

Project name TIOP 1.2.3/09/1-2009
Project title: ‘ Coordinated and IT infrastructure development in libraries of Felsőzsolca and Mezőkövesd’.
Tender announced by : The National Development Agency
Tender announcer URL : www.nfu.hu
Contributor organization : Support Manager Directorate of Ministry of Education and Culture.
Address of contributor organization : H-1055 Budapest, 5. Bihari János utca
Contributor organization URL : : www.okmt.hu
Beneficiary : Mezőkövesd Local Gorverment
Beneficiary URL : www.mezokovesd.hu
The project is funded by the E.U. and co-financed by the European Regional Development.