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language being endangered. Only 41% of the respondents were positive of the
modern school’s increased opportunities for native languages preservation and
promotion, while 40% considered it necessary to continue further work on
preserving and supporting native languages.
The survey did not cover the issues of ICT and Internet use by indigenous
peoples, however even a shallow analysis of the social networks like “Facebook”
or “VKontakte” shows that Karelian and Vepsian languages find representation
there. Statistics demonstrates a rise in the frequency of use of full-text resources
created in the republic in these languages. More users visit republican web
sites presenting resources in Karelian, Vepsian, Finnish, as well as information
in Russian on the indigenous peoples of Karelia, their languages, traditions and
territory.
Interactive multimedia projects (including Internet-based) are being actively
implemented in the republic, aimed at the creation of content in national
languages. Use of modern technologies facilitates the creation of information
resources and products in various formats. Such “live” projects and complex
forms of work cause constant broad public interest – both among adults
and children, thus allowing raising the prestige of minority languages and
strengthening their social and functional role.
For several years, the National Library of the Republic of Karelia has worked in
partnership with the NEVOND Information and Legal Centre for Indigenous
Peoples in the framework of the project on training in computer technologies and
methods of information retrieval on the Internet provided for representatives
of indigenous peoples living in Karelia.
Today the library is implementing various activities in close cooperation with
the State Committee for National Policy and Liasion with Public Associations
and Religious Organizations of the Republic of Karelia; the Institute of
Language, Literature and History of the Karelian Research Centre of the
Russian Academy of Sciences; with republican cultural institutions: museums,
the National Archives, the National Centre for State Protection of Cultural
Heritage, creative groups of the republic; higher education institutions
of Petrozavodsk; Republican youth public organization «Nuori Karjala»;
“Periodica” publishing house producing books and periodicals in the Karelian,
Vepsian, Russian and Finnish languages; and with writers unions of Karelia.
The results of this fruitful partnership and inter-regional and international
cooperation are reflected in the content of web-projects implemented by the
National Library of the Republic of Karelia.
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