Day 1 could carry the title – connecting with library users.

Each presentation was about how to communicate with our students about our services, the collections, what is available to them and to help them succeed in their studies.

Ideas included: surveys, videos. instagram, slogans, posters, leaflets and campaigns to actual games so many great ideas were shared. In each session, I wrote a simple action step for our IICS library to try to implement.

So things I would like to try with our school

• Ask if we can include 5 questions in our annual survey of students, staff and parents about the library. Then track over the next five years the results matched against any actions we take in the information obtained.
• Invite new staff to have coffee with me in the first week of their orientation – then chat about how we can assist them
• Use Instagram and leaflets as well as posters to encourage students to contribute to the atmosphere of study and reading in the library
• Create an orientation game for secondary and primary, with prizes, to show the space, the collection and the tools. Trial it with new staff or whole staff. Have this run in the first month of school.
• Experiment with nearpod and actionbound to communicate and present during workshops. Include a Kahoot in each workshop for the fun element and to check understanding.

Our visit was to the Sadberk Hanım Museum  which specialised in ceramics and fabrics. I could see it would be a great venue to take art and design classes.