Time table of the training on Library Management and Reading Promotion

On November 13th and 14th and 16th and 17th 2017 in Bolgatanga

Day one

 

Time	Topic
8.00am – 8.30am	Registration
8.30am – 9.00am	Welcome, Introductions , Ground Rules, Ice - breaker
9.00am – 9.15am	Importance of books and reading
9.15am - 10.00am	Planning a new library
10.00am - 10.30am	Snack break
10.30am - 10.40am	Care of Books
10.40am - 11.45am	Techniques of Storytelling
11.45 am -12.45pm	Practical work
12.45pm - 1.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm  -  2.30pm	Reading activities
2.30pm  -  3.00pm	Organising a Reading Project
3.00pm  -  4.00pm	Practical work

Day two

Time	Topic
8.00am -  9.00am	Cataloguing
9.00am – 10.00am	Classification
10.00am – 10.30am	Snack
10:30am - 11.30am	Practical work
11.30am -  12.45pm	Library routines e.g. accessioning, registration, charging and discharging, shelving, etc
12.45pm – 1.30pm	Lunch
1.30 pm – 2.30pm	Library routines
2.30pm – 3.30pm	Practical work
3.30pm – 4.00pm	Evaluation and Closing

Training of school teachers and librarians in Bolgatanga

To get the best out of the library, people involved in and responsible for the library will be trained by the director of Biblionef Ghana, who is a trained librarian herself. The training has been developed by Biblionef Ghana together with Wia Huisman-Smeenk, a trained Dutch librarian specialized in reading promotion and information literacy. She is member of the Lions Club Slochteren Skiramere.

Content of the training:

• how to deal with books, both in the classroom as in the library;
• how does a library system work;
• how to keep the books clean, tidy and usable for many years;
• how to read with and for children in a way that will keep the child's

Attention focused;

• how to teach specific lessons to children to get used to work with the library and their books
• how to use and encourage usage of the library during school hours.
   
  They will learn:
• how to incorporate activities with books in their teaching plans and how to install a love of reading in the children
• how to transfer the knowledge of the training to other teachers and/ or librarians of the participating schools.

By training the teachers we aim a change in the perspective that children have towards reading, by motivating the children to read and get all the described benefits from it. Our goal is that the persons trained (2 per school) will give and organize the training at their schools in the future. This way, the sustainability of the libraries they manage and the increment of literacy levels of the children is best ensured.