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BITS strategy:

the rationale behind the programme development

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BITS – Behind the thinking

• Public demand for basic IT tuition continues to outstrip supply

• Staff expertise and goodwill is backed up by service objectives

• Rationale was to create a model or structure which was

portable, adaptable and developed our library IT offer

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BITS – In practice

• BITS are available in all Kirklees Library & Information Centres

• BITS seek to put the user at the centre of the IT learning experience…

• …and public libraries at the forefront of free IT learning provision in Kirklees

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BITS – Technology is accessible

• BITS provide basic skills which can be tailored to meet user’s needs

• BITS provide direct or embedded hyperlinks to existing learning resources

• Resources linked to or referred from via BITS have been evaluated and tested by library staff

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BITS – Service delivery

• April – October 2008 = 179 BITS sessions

• April – October 2009 = 350 BITS sessions

• Past 12 months = 532 BITS sessions

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email BITS @ Kirklees Libraries

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google your BITS @ Kirklees Libraries

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evaluating your BITS @ Kirklees Libraries

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www BITS @ Kirklees Libraries

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So far so good except that I haven’t talked about where NEETs fit in

• BITS are not NEETs specific

• Library response to user demand

• Result of partnership work

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BITS on the Web

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BITS of NEETS

Partners:• Fresh Horizons/Key2Work

• Rawthorpe/Dalton social media project

• C&K Careers / Connexions

• CLiK

• NLN

• A4E

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Being proactive

Innovation

Targeting

Smarter working

kev.john@kirklees.gov.uk http://www.slideshare.net/kevatref

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