Factors that influence information services – Republic of Ireland (Manual Version)

1. Note: Need to click to
change slide after
narration

2. Geert Hofstede ‘s Cultural Dimensions Theory

3. Power distance
Index= 28
Future
Orientation/Pragmatism = 24

4. Uncertainty avoidance = 35
Masculine/Feminine = 68
Indulgence= 65

5. City Life

6. Population (April 2013)
- 4,593,100
- 87% Irish Nationals
- 2.4% UK
- 8.6%Europe
- 3.6% Rest of World
Population by Nationality (2011 Census)
- Polish 2.8%
- Lithuanian 0.9%
- Latvian 0.5%
- Nigerian 0.4%
- Romanian 0.4%
NATIONALITY FACTORS

7. Foreign Languages
spoken at home
Top 4 Languages spoken in Ireland
#1 Foreign, of those
Irish Born

8. Irish speakers as a percentage of total
population by sex
Persons aged 3 years and over in Gaeltacht
Areas by frequency of speaking Irish
 1.77 million can speak
Irish
 82,600 speak Irish
outside of School
Gaeltacht = Irish Speaking Area

9. Miscommunication
Can lead to…
“Na”
“The?”
Ellen O'Rourke on the Irish Language march
through Dublin City centre

10. 30,000 people in
Ireland identify as being
an Irish Traveller
Traditionally Itinerant
Isolated from main
society & resources
Discrimination

11. 84%
3%
1%

12. Traditional
Values
Follow the teachings
Family & Womens’ role
Marriage
of the Catholic Church
Suspicious of technology?

13. Traditional Role
Masculine dominated society
Slowly changing the balance

14. Pre-Schoolers Retired/Over 65yrs
School aged kids/teens

15. Access
Training
Inclusion

16. Infrequent Library Users/ Low
Information Access
Unemployed persons, 1981-2011Frequent Library
Users/ High
Information Access
 Rate doubled in a decade!!

17. It’s hard to break the cycle!!

18. Ennis, Co. Clare a town
who had barely seen the
computer won a
competition to become the
spokes town for IT
Project set up by Co. Donegal
to deliver better services to
the rural & isolated areas of
the county.
Urban & Rural population 1961-2011

19. Annual Growth in Real GDP and Real GNP:
2000 – 2012
Irish
Library

20. Milford Library, Co. Donegal Tubbercurry Library, Co. Sligo
Integrated Library Services