Stock selection and promotion training

'Excellent. Enthusiastic, educative, encouraging! Leaves a lasting impression and gives us all the power to go out and promote reading, books and libraries.' Public Library Staff.

Effective library stock selection - and imaginative promotion in the library or school and beyond. The focus can be on the whole library, children, teenagers, adults or older people.

As with all of Jerry's training, sessions can be tailored to specific local needs. Jerry is also happy to create new courses.

Training options include:

Future libraries: New challenges, fresh opportunities for resource selection and promotion in the Secondary School
Never mind the width, feel the quality! Library stock promotion on a shoestring
Setting out our stall: approaches to library stock, layout and presentation
The write stuff? Stock selection and promotion as a focus for partnership with users and potential users

Photograph of participants in training

Areas commonly explored across these training options:

Early years through teens to adults
What is 'the right stuff'?
Diversity and accessibility
Picture books / Fiction / Non-fiction
Comics and magazines
Audio visual materials
The new media
'Leading and being led' - selecting in partnership with users
Dealing with controversy
Library layout and presentation
Reading ideas and activities
Library display
Maintaining awareness
Staff involvement
Action planning

'Jerry Hurst delivered a course that was not only inspiring, but packed with ideas and good sound advice and guidance. I recommend Jerry wholeheartedly - enthusiastic, committed and an excellent communicator.' Nia Gruffydd, Children's and Young People's Librarian, Gwynedd Libraries

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Jerry Hurst provides training courses, workshops and seminars for libraries, schools, museums, galleries, archives, youth services and other agencies. The focus can be work with children, teenagers or adults or the full range of service provision.

Training options are adaptable to the client's specific requirements. The content, level, approach and intended learning outcomes are always designed to reflect the client's brief. Jerry is also happy to create new courses to meet specific needs. This approach ensures that outcomes for participants are closely aligned with local service and staff development priorities.

If you need further information, or would like to discuss your training or consultancy requirements, please e mail jerry@jerryhurst.co.uk or telephone +44(0)20 8364 6166.