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Yuliya Melnyk
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Yuliya Melnyk's blog post was featuredTelecentres: Connecting the World around Us
Ukrainian telecentres are places where the general public can go to access information, connect with loved ones, and find jobs. While the Internet is a staple in North American homes, its popularity has only recently begun to grow in Ukraine. Many citizens are currently unable to afford Internet connection. Free…See More
Yuliya Melnyk posted a blog postTelecentres: Connecting the World around Us
Ukrainian telecentres are places where the general public can go to access information, connect with loved ones, and find jobs. While the Internet is a staple in North American homes, its popularity has only recently begun to grow in Ukraine. Many citizens are currently unable to afford Internet connection. Free…See More
Yuliya Melnyk posted a blog postOpening New Doors: One Web-Site at a Time
Nadiya Mytelyshchenko is a frequent guest of the Chekhov Library in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine. Nadiya’s profession is an event organizer and it is very difficult for her to find clients or full-time employment in a small town with around 60,000 residents.When underemployed, Nadiya had often visited the…See More
Yuliya Melnyk posted a blog postPainting New Doors
An artist from Yevpatoriya, Crimea, Ukraine Kateryna Turovets has loved painting since childhood. She has written poems and discovered history and mythology. However, due to her job as a freelance journalist, she does not have many resources and cannot afford an internet connection at home. Yet, she is a frequent guest…See More
Yuliya Melnyk's blog post was featuredGrowing wings
Kryzhopil District Library has been helping orphans and students from low-income families who study at the College #9 in Kryzhopil. The library organizes events for youth focused on the development of skills necessary to live independently, which is very important for those who grew up in the orphanages.Since the program Bibliomist became a partner of the library, the variety of the services has increased. In particular, the Internet is available for the public.…See More
Yuliya Melnyk posted a blog postGrowing wings
Kryzhopil District Library has been helping orphans and students from low-income families who study at the College #9 in Kryzhopil. The library organizes events for youth focused on the development of skills necessary to live independently, which is very important for those who grew up in the orphanages.Since the program Bibliomist became a partner of the library, the variety of the services has increased. In particular, the Internet is available for the public.…See More
Yuliya Melnyk's blog post was featuredYour Course: A New Path to Explore
A few days ago, the 3-year project Your Course: Digital Literacy was completed in the Volgograd region, Russia. The project included not only Volgograd, a city with 2.5+ million inhabitants, but also small towns and remote villages.Villages of the Uryupinsk district actively participated in the project, according to…See More
Yuliya Melnyk posted a blog postYour Course: A New Path to Explore
A few days ago, the 3-year project Your Course: Digital Literacy was completed in the Volgograd region, Russia. The project included not only Volgograd, a city with 2.5+ million inhabitants, but also small towns and remote villages.Villages of the Uryupinsk district actively participated in the project, according to…See More
Yuliya Melnyk posted a blog postInternet – now a life-saver
The Internet is becoming more and more important for many remote health centers that get neither the funding for specialized medical journals nor other forms of professional development. Via the Internet doctors and nurses from such isolated (in terms of updated medical knowledge) communities can get access to the up-to-date…See More
Yuliya Melnyk posted a blog postTelecentres: Opening Our Eyes to Opportunities
Telecentres often help people in an unexpected way. A 12-year-old Ukrainian boy has been studying boxing, watching box championships and winning prizes in his age range competitions.Vladislav Kushnir was born in Svitlovodsk, Kirovohrad region, Ukraine in 2000. He got interested in boxing at the age of 6 and enrolled…See More
Gobinda Banerjee commented on Yuliya Melnyk's blog post Technology Training: Helping Professionals Grow"Thank u for your most useful post. I seem it is a great contribution to the nation, which rich the community people who has no IT knowledge. Gobinda Banerjee (Sona)
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Yuliya Melnyk posted a blog postTechnology Training: Helping Professionals Grow
Even though computers and ICT seem to be ubiquitous in Eastern Europe nowadays, there are many professionals who graduated from universities and other institutions years ago when these technologies were not available. They are therefore lacking in their computer skills.First of all, we observe these situations in rural areas.…See More
Rita Mijumbi Epodoi commented on Yuliya Melnyk's blog post Skype: The new source of information"Perfect example! Thank you Yuliya for sharing. The libraries and housewives and other stakeholders should keep talking so that such empowering sessions continue. You mention the issue of free internet and it being a hindrance if the Telecentre does…"
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- Yuliya Melnyk is an experienced linguist, translator and journalist. She got an M.A.in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia, the first US journalism school, and a PhD in Linguistics from the Odessa National Mechnikov University, Odessa, Ukraine. She published hundreds of articles when she worked as a Capitol Hill reporter for US newsletter companies in Washington, DC. Her career includes experience with Voice of America (VOA), International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and other reputable media organizations. Besides her journalism career, Yuliya has been working as a teacher of English as a Second Language for many years. She was a visiting scholar at the Department of English as a Foreign Language at The George Washington University, Washington, DC in 2000-2001. She is also an experienced researcher who worked with The Library of Congress, Washington, DC and Ryerson University, Toronto.
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Telecentres: Connecting the World around Us
Ukrainian telecentres are places where the general public can go to access information, connect with loved ones, and find jobs. While the Internet is a staple in North American homes, its popularity has only recently begun to grow in Ukraine. Many citizens are currently unable to afford Internet…
Posted on May 13, 2013 at 12:00am — 1 Comment
Opening New Doors: One Web-Site at a Time
Nadiya Mytelyshchenko is a frequent guest of the Chekhov Library in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine. Nadiya’s profession is an event organizer and it is very difficult for her to find clients or full-time employment in a small town with around 60,000 residents.
When underemployed, Nadiya had…
ContinuePosted on April 3, 2013 at 7:35am
Painting New Doors
An artist from Yevpatoriya, Crimea, Ukraine Kateryna Turovets has loved painting since childhood. She has written poems and discovered history and mythology. However, due to her job as a freelance journalist, she does not have many resources and cannot afford an internet connection at home. Yet, she is a…
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 5:30am
Growing wings
Kryzhopil District Library has been helping orphans and students from low-income families who study at the College #9 in Kryzhopil. The library organizes events for youth focused on the development of skills necessary to live independently, which is very important for those who grew up in the orphanages.
Since the program Bibliomist became a partner of the library, the variety of the services has increased. In particular, the Internet is available for the…
ContinuePosted on February 25, 2013 at 4:30am
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- At 6:04pm on December 17, 2012, Balaba Peter gave Yuliya Melnyk a gift…
- At 10:10pm on November 07, 2012, DR. SYED MD. ZAINUL ABEDIN gave Yuliya Melnyk a gift…
- At 12:55am on July 21, 2012,
RCC said… Hi Yuliya!
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