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Browsers into borrowers

Browsers into borrowers. Browsers into Borrowers. Four Modules that build on what Trainees learned in Frontline develops the understanding and practical skills to improve the look and appeal of the library for readers shows how to adapt merchandising techniques to fit the library situation.

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Browsers into borrowers

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  1. Browsers into borrowers

  2. Browsers into Borrowers • Four Modules that build on what Trainees learned in Frontline • develops the understanding and practicalskills to improve the look and appeal of the library for readers • shows how to adapt merchandising techniques to fit the library situation.

  3. Who for? • The course relies on the Trainee having completed Frontline, either in the short of full versions. • Staff who work directly with readers and books and can work off-counter • Staff in any library will find the course useful, whether it is RFID, refurbished, new or traditional.

  4. The course aims to: • develop new off-counter routines to improve the look and appeal of the library for readers • promote a practical sense of ownership of library space and responsibility for the way it looks and works • deploy existing resources to help readers explore a wider range of library stock and spaces • embed new ways of working into daily routine

  5. Interactive online exercises • help staff choose the right books for the right location • increase stock awareness • boost confidence by trying out new skills online before applying them in the library

  6. Four Modules • Each focuses on specific stock and different areas of the library. • Module 1 looks at appropriate choices of stock and display techniques that help readers explore the non-fiction and the children’s areas of the library.

  7. Module 2 explores promoting books for teenage readers and managing reader-centred promotions.

  8. Module 3 concentrates on managing and developing Quick Choice areas and picking appropriate stock.

  9. Module 4 – the Trainee applies what they have learned over a 3 week period in their own library.

  10. Trainees record their results in a personal Learning Log

  11. Each Module has an interactive Revision Quiz

  12. Frontline Supervisors assess work and support Trainees.

  13. Frontline Graduates discussion • Outcomes and results shared in an online forum • Trainees learn from colleagues in other authorities • Trainees join an online network of Graduates who are doing all the new courses

  14. The course aims to make an impact: • by setting practical tasks in the Trainee’s own place of work • through sharing ideas with other Trainees • by embedding quick, effective and time-saving solutions • by enabling Trainees to make a visible impact

  15. Browers into Borrowers is created and managed by Opening the Book • More information on • www.openingthebook.com

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