20.12. 2012
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Redaktionen
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The web-site FINFO is provided by the Danish Library Centre for Integration. The Centre is responsible for all content on the national level (FINFO Denmark), for strategic development of the site and for running the network behind it.
Public libraries, ministries, municipalities, NGOs and other organizations have taken upon them the responsibility of providing content on relevant topics, on the national pages as well as on municipal pages. FINFO operates as a network of key stakeholders in the Danish society, who want to ease the way to integration of ethnic Danes and ethnic minorities by offering action-oriented, multilingual information about the Danish society.
Purpose.
Finfo is a multilingual portal about the Danish society. The purpose of the portal is to enhance the access of members of the immigrant communities to information about rights, duties and opportunities in the Danish society, as this is considered a prerequisite for integration and active participation in society at all levels.
Content
FINFO covers a wide range of topics that are structured on the basis of input from users and their needs for information about the Danish society. The topics are regularly being reviewed. At present the main topics are divided into: New in Denmark, Business, Health, Education, Organizations (Associations), Partnership and Family. Furthermore the site offers a range of other useful resources, such as, Global news and Toolbox.
The portal has two levels: national and municipal. The national level (with the signal colour green) provides information of general interest to the citizens of Denmark - for example, information about laws, rights, obligations and opportunities for ethnic minorities in Denmark. The municipal level (with blue colour) offers local level information of relevance to residents of a particular municipality, e. g. events, social life, addresses of social services, organizations, libraries, educational institutions etc.
Languages
Currently, information on Finfo translated into ten different languages. The aim is to translate as much content as possible into the different languages
History
The idea to create Finfo emerged in the mid-nineties among enthusiasts within the Danish library sector. They wanted to support the democratic process by helping to provide the foreign language communities in Denmark with the same access as Danish speakers to information about society. The portal was launched in late 1990 as the first ever to aggregate information at up to 13 languages. In fact, the portal was so innovative that the it proved to be ahead of or on the cutting edge of Microsoft Windows in the development of multilingual support
Contact
If you have any questions, suggestions, comments or new ideas for our web-site, please contact the editorial staff at redaktionen@finfo.dk.
Are you a web-editor yourself? Or do you have questions of a technical nature, please contact our helpdesk at helpdesk@finfo.dk or call us Monday through Friday 13.00-15.00 on phone no. (+45) 44 73 46 20 or (+45) 44 73 46 23.
If you want to discuss matters of co-operation with FINFO, you may get in touch with the project manager Nicola Ravden at nr@statsbiblioteket.dk.
Legal disclaimer
FINFO web site is operated by the Danish Library Centre for Integration, a branch of the Danish State and University Library.
The objective of FINFO web site is to facilitate access to information for the multilingual community in Denmark.
FINFO makes every effort to present updated and correct information. Proved errors will be corrected, if possible.
Although the provider makes every effort to present an accurate and virus free web site, it is supplied without any express or implied warranty.
This web site is provided 'AS IS'.
FINFO does not and cannot monitor or control the content or availability of information accessed using this web site and shall not be held responsible in any way for any such content or information.
FINFO is not responsible for the content of any web site linked to this web site. Linked sites are not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by FINFO unless expressly stated to the contrary.
Users are strongly advised to make their own independent research, and the information should never be regarded as professional counselling or advice.
In case you are in need of specific counselling, you should always obtain professional advice in the particular field before relying upon any information whatsoever found at this web site.
All trade marks, logos and other marks shown at this web site are the property of their respective owners.
