Positive Action Traineeships in NW Libraries - Case Study
3. Trainee Achievements
The overall impression from the trainees themselves and from their local managers was that they both adapted well to the library environment. They were enthusiastic about their work and contributed over and above what might have been expected of new recruits. In the activities listed below, details can be seen of the sorts of activities both trainees participated in and organised themselves.
Shaaheda Patel (Haslingden, Lancs) assisted with:
- Photography workshop with Youth Workers
- Storytimes
- Holocaust Memorial Exhibition
- Premier League Reading Stars prep
- Prep for Chinese New Year activities
- World Book Day activities
- Prep for Reading Heroes exhibition
- Cultural Diversity Day
- Get it Loud in Libraries event
- Book buying for minority ethnic services collections
- on-line book chat w. Dan Gardner (Reading Partners event)
- Author events with Meg Rosoff, Andrew Norris, Sallie Day
- Headspace launch
- Rossendale Mela
In addition Shaaheda was the lead organiser of the following activities:
- Pass on your Passions-Asian Women's Group discuss & recommend books for display
- Ladies' Afternoon to promote community engagement with library services
- Ladies Yoga taster session
- Consultation with Rawtenstall Asian Women's Group and Haslingden Ladies' Sewing Group to select stock
- Bollywood Crafts with youth group
- Bollywood night with Penguin India
Mahtab Wares (Kensington, Liverpool) assisted with:
- Holocaust Memorial Event
- Young Father's conversation group
- Refugee Action Employment Day
- Author events- Lynn Andrews, Bernadine Evaristo
- Asylum Link Reading Group
- Bluecoat Arts Centre opening
- Toxteth Library conversation club
- New Year (Iranian) celebration
- Diversity in the Curriculum conference
- National Year of Reading Launch
- Sola Arts recruitment film
- Orange Prize Readers' Day
- Join Your Library Day preparation working party
- Liverpool Reads 2008 Launch
- Orange Prize Night
- Carers Week event
- Refugee Week Celebration evening,
- City Church ESOL class
- Costa 6 Book Challenge Awards
- Chinese Gospel Church ESOL classes
- Farsi stock selection
- Man Booker event (Childwall Library)
In addition Mahtab was the lead organiser of the following activities:
- Planning display of Farsi Books in library
- Recruiting library members from Asylum Link Group and from City Church group,
- Facilitating attendance at Conversation Club
- Distributing cultural magazine
- Presentation about Iranian Culture to Liverpool Library staff, to Time To Read members, to Halton's Library staff
- Conducted Asylum Link group in absence of organiser
- Community cultural event to launch Farsi Collection
