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Enhancing eBook Knowledge: Staff Training at Surrey Libraries

This training initiative at Surrey Libraries aims to enhance staff awareness and knowledge about eBook services. It includes hands-on sessions with eReaders and tablets, covering the expanding eBook market and reassuring staff about the value of eBooks. Training sessions feature presentations on what eBooks are, discussions about their relevance, and resources like "How to..." PDFs. Continuing education will be supported through online chat sessions and collaboration with other library authorities. This program addresses challenges and aims to keep staff equipped with the latest information.

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Enhancing eBook Knowledge: Staff Training at Surrey Libraries

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  1. eBook Staff Training:Surrey Libraries Gary Green Surrey County Council Library Service gary.green@surreycc.gov.uk Jblyberg/Flickr

  2. What Did We Want To Address? • Improve staff awareness: • Of our ebook services • Opportunity to try devices • Highlight expanding ebook market • Increase staff knowledge • Reassure – ebooks can be seen as threat yukop/Flickr

  3. Ebooks & Supporting Staff • Staff training sessions • Support material & help • Knowledgeable staff jepoirrier / Flickr

  4. Staff Training Sessions • Presentation: • What's an ebook? • National picture • Discussion about relevance of ebooks • Surrey's ebook service • Hands-on session: • Ereader/tablets • Laptop & software Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com / Flickr

  5. Other Sessions • Additional condensed staff training linked to public drop-in sessions • Online ebook chat session for county council staff Leo Laporte / Flickr

  6. Support Material • "How to..." PDFs • "How to..." presentations • Big Push newsletter • Link to suppliers help pages • Used by public & staff Johan Larsson/Flickr

  7. Challenges • Keeping information up-to-date about: • Constantly changing landscape • Software, app updates • Things can be confusing: • Different ways of using service • What do I have to do before reading? • Adobe ID Libraryman/Flickr

  8. Support staff • "Go to" staff with ebook knowledge • Feed info to our enquiry service • Training of super buddies in libraries • Idea/resource sharing with other library authorities Remi Mathis / Flickr

  9. eBook Staff Training:Surrey Libraries Gary Green Surrey County Council Library Service gary.green@surreycc.gov.uk Jblyberg/Flickr

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