AccessITplus online training courses in Greece: two years later

AccessIT Plus online training courses in

Greece

two years later

Dr. Emmanouel Garoufallou mgarou@libd.teithe.gr

Veria Central Public Library &

Library Science and Information Systems Department, ATEI of Thessaloniki, Greece

Statistics from the Greek AccessIT courses

Until 29.9.2013:

420+ have been enrolled in order to attend

the training courses

100+ have completed all the modules of the

training courses

40+ visits per day with an average 15+ page

views per visitor

The “Greek” AccessIT online training

courses

Translated in Greek (Spring 2010) by a Group of Information Professionals (from Deltos Group and the “Digital Libraries and Metadata” Course of the ATEIThe) as well as from students from Ionian University.

2013, Improving the translation and updating the content

Presented to the AccessIT to Conferences

Promoting AccessIT online training courses in Greece through a diversity of means

Registering via Veria Central Public Library

Support it by qualified staff (Librarians and Computer scientists)

Presence of the Web

Visit: http://accessitplus.libver.gr/

Promoting AccessIT online training courses in

Greece through:

The 2 Greek LIS Departments

A number of LIS lists

Various Forums

Web 2.0 technologies

Social media (blogs, wikis,

Facebook, Flickr, etc.)

Other organizations

Events

The CVPL

The Future Library forum

The “Greek” AccessIT and AccessIT Plus

online training courses - 1

The “Greek” AccessIT online training

courses - 2

AccessIT Plus with a new interface

The blog

“Librarianship and Information”

“The national e-books observatory”

of the National Book Centre of Greece

Future plans 1:

Here are some of our future plans:

We work closely with two out of the three

Greek LIS Departments (Thessaloniki and

Ionion)

“Ambassadors” of AccessIT training courses

(we have established “information points” in

three Institutions)

Activities and events

Web 2.0 & Social media technologies

Future plans 2:

Activate students (now the translate new

parts of the course)

The Future Library forum

Financial crisis provides an opportunity

for professionals to acquire new or

improve all skills in order to be

competitive in the new environment

Promoting AccessIT Plus online training

courses in Greece

two years later

Dr. Emmanouel Garoufallou mgarou@libd.teithe.gr

Veria Central Public Library &

Library Science and Information Systems Department, ATEI of Thessaloniki, Greece