The unusually hot summer weather with temperatures in the high 90s did not stop trainees of the digital literacy center in Saratov from attending the Digital Literacy course in Computer Basics.

On 8 July 2010, N. V. Gogol central municipal library in Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo region, launched a digital literacy center as part of Microsoft’s Your Course: Digital Literacy Program.


The task of training Russian citizens in modern ICT skills is becoming a more and more urgent in view of the developing e-government services. The challenge is especially relevant in smaller towns and rural areas where the general level of ICT access and digital competence is lower than in major cities.

On 9 July 2010, the digital literacy center of A.S. Pushkin regional library in Tomsk held a seminar “Online Security: An Internet Provider’s Perspective,” attended by Computer Basics trainees, librarians and Internet Center users. The seminar was held at the initiative of Vera Timofeyeva, press secretary of Vympel.Com Company in Tomsk.

The Saratov State University for Social and Economic Studies started training its staff and faculty members to be Your Course: Digital Literacy trainers.