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The first part of the paper describes the concept of scientific literacy and its roles in lives of citizens and development of society. Scientific literacy is a prerequisite for citizens to make informed decisions and to be informed consumers and help in raising the quality of life of an individual. Scientific literacy should be taught from a very early age and this education should continue throughout one’s life including lifelong learning of adults. The second part of the paper highlights briefly the role of libraries in promotion of scientific literacy and popularization of science with the help of selected internet services.
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Vrana, R. (2013). Promotion of Scientific Literacy and Popularization of Science with Support of Libraries and Internet Services. In: Kurbanoğlu, S., Grassian, E., Mizrachi, D., Catts, R., Špiranec, S. (eds) Worldwide Commonalities and Challenges in Information Literacy Research and Practice. ECIL 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 397. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03919-0_42
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