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Connect-Er Connecting with people Liz McGettigan Libraries and Information Services Manager Outline Where we are What we’ve done Information and electronic services Learning services Heritage services Business services Information and electronic services Free broadband Internet and e-mail Free ICT learning 24/7 access to the library services – reservations, renewals Libraries website Online enquiries Council website Community websites Community safety Access Panel Holocaust website Heritage websites Learning services 5 Learn Direct centres Free ICT training 1/1 training as required Support Electronic booking system Learner tracking system ECDL test centre CV, Typing lifestyle courses Film: People’s Network documentary (feat Frank McKell, library user) The People’s Network 2003 Short documentary film Community portal Barrhead-scotland.com First community website Content from the community Steered by the community Owned by the community Its Funny Whit Ye Remember 2003 Barrhead People’s Story Audio – ‘Barrhead Laundry’ by Margaret Quail, Barrhead People’s Story Group Neilston Railway Station Centenary 2003 Working with the Community Film – ‘The Royal Train Visit 1964’ Audio – ‘The Beeching Report’ by Gina Henderson (Historical Society) East Renfrewshire’s Community Safety Portal East Renfrewshire’s Access Panel website maintained by volunteers Making a difference to Heritage services Giffnock heritage centre Local area heritage websites Local area history publications Information requests services Genealogy and family history classes Barrhead Heritage Trail Involving the community in their heritage The Holocaust project Oral testimonies Research Website CDROM Booklet Gypsy and Jewish Storytelling workshops Survivors talks in libraries Book and film displays in libraries Bookmarks Bibliographies Resources lists The Elements Interviews Oral testimonies Research Sourcing artefacts and images Breadth of contents Ernest tells of how his brothers had to dig their own graves, how he just survived and no more and was found lying in the dust in Belsen. Survivors Testimonies Film clip: ‘If the Liberation Came One Day Later’, by Ernest Levy, Holocaust Survivor Audio selection, text transcriptions, biography, personal images, bibliography, web links Children's Artwork – Secondary & Primary Schools Online Learning Resources – Books, stories, history, media End users’ responses – a sample page from the guest book Making a difference? 2.5-3,000 hits per week 1,000 CD ROMS Now used as a learning tool in schools in Scotland Guest book comments National and international interest (IFLA) TV and radio Word of mouth Current ICT Projects Community portal and CP areas Children’s portal animation and interactive anti-drugs games Learning portal Heritage portal Digitisation project Making a difference? changing lives? Libraries relevant and real to community life Libraries contributing to corporate and national agendas Libraries leading, innovating and producing quality educational resources and e-content Libraries showing how to make ICT interesting and useful