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Croydon Online
What is Croydon Online? The vision Services & resources
How are we doing it? Necessities Approaches
Why do it & why in libraries?
What is Croydon Online? Web Site is the hub of the
Community Network Providing:
Information and Email Building:
New resources and new services Encouraging:
Ownership and participation
Vision
Croydon Online will become the first service which everyone living, working, studying in, or visiting Croydon, will use to: find information; Make contacts; Do business; Engage in learning; or Develop hobbies.
Vision (cont.)
Croydon Online will be: Updated daily Interactive Easy to use Community-wide Collaborative
Content & Services INCH Job Mart Skillsboost Online HUG Community Information Feedback Consultations/surveys Policy documents
Content & Services (cont.) Library news Book reviews Archives Service…database Museum & Heritage - collections,
exhibitions, education…database Email lists and contacts Promotion
INCHInformation Network for Croydon Health
Directory and contact information on Croydon Online
Unified, current, authoritative Managed by a cross-sectoral
group
Job Mart
A one stop shop on Croydon Online for employment opportunities in the local area
Highly Interactive, flexible and
income generating
Housebound User Group
14 members, aged 45 to 89 Dial-up connection & equipment Training and support Email List; diary sheets, visits
HUG outcomes
New, enthusiastic users of IT; exchanging URLs; contacting politicians; looking up the OPAC; sending enquiries and requests by
A HUG quote:
You will never know how grateful I am for this opportunity to learn with patient teachers….One of my friends, a very clever lady, is still making a dog’s dinner of her emails, so I am optimistic….
Skillsboost Online
Croydon’s first distance learning package
Online assessment & guidance Basic Skills Agency
A New Training Opportunity provided through a partnership of…
Croydon LibrariesHogarth T raining Group
Business Learning Network
I T’s easyto learn Computer Skills
• How The Courses Will Be Run...– Quality (Hands on individual PCs)– Prof essionally Qualified Tutors
– Aff ordable (£ 20.00 per course)– Small, Manageable Modular Courses– Small Groups (max 8 people per group)– All levels (I ntroductory to Advanced)– Suitable, Convenient Hours...
– Every Wednesday/ Thursday
– at Croydon Central Library– 9:30am to 11:30am
– 12:30pm to 2:30pm– 3:30pm to 5:30pm
• Courses Will Include…– Microsof t Offi ce– Microsof t Word
– Microsof t Excel– Microsof t PowerPoint– Microsof t Access– Using A PC– Microsof t Windows– I nternet
GroupTrainingsessionsare alsoavailable
f orbusinesses
For further information contact Library Staff orHeather Kirby (Croydon Central Library - 0181 760 5400)
To Book A Place - complete an Enrolment Form and...
hand in toLibrary Staff
or send to
Heather Kirby
Croydon Central LibraryKatharine Street
CROYDON, CR9 1ET
How are we doing it?
Consulting, talking, extending contacts….
Demonstrating the product Promoting the vision Contacting again
Necessities
Vision for Croydon Online; Croydon Libraries; and for Croydon
Commitment from staff Budget - something to start up Knowledge and skills - not new for
old but new and old
Approaches
Integration, e.g. with C.I. Database Carers Contact Line Age Concern directory
Simultaneous publication, e.g. consultation documents
Fill templates, e.g. voluntary organisations
Code from electronic copy Type and code from hardcopy
Approaches (cont.)
Web-edit training for staff Ftp login and shared building and
updating of the resource Extend this practice to contacts in
other organisations, with caution Continuously invite feedback on all
aspects of the site
Why are we doing this?
Modernise information services Respond efficiently to information
& communication needs Improve our efforts towards social
inclusion Extend provision of lifelong
learning opportunities
Why (cont.)
Enable the sharing of information skills across sectors
Spread good practice Build partnerships