1. SCRAN – Sharing best practice in public libraries
Working with Older People
- Sandra Kerr and Susan Hall, North Ayrshire Libraries

2. ADULT LEARNERS’ WEEK
21st – 27TH MAY 2005
Adult Learners’ Week/Silversurfers Day
= Silversurfers Events

3. Who
Sheltered Housing Units
Where
Dalry; Dreghorn; Stevenston; West Kilbride
What
SCRAN website
How
Taster sessions

4. Taster Sessions
introduce ourselves
presentation of library services interlaced with images from SCRAN website
invitation to library event

6. Library Events – The Reality
all events were successful
52 Silversurfers seen over the week at 4 locations
looking at the images sparked lots of oral history reminiscence
our surfers wanted to know how to do their family history

8. Library Events – The Reality
if all these images are just on one website – what else can we find on the Internet?
that’s really amazing!
how did you do that?
did you really print that calendar just now?

9. Library Events – Success Stories
2 people signed up for computer buddies on the day
1 couple left to start their family history
1 lady discovered a relative’s name on old playbills
1 lady went off to gather 5 friends from her sewing club and we will run another event for them

10. Library Events – Success stories
all our Silversurfers were interested in more Internet events
1 gentleman was going home to frame his calendar
- YES – THE CALENDARS WERE A GREAT SUCCESS!

12. Silversurfers and SCRAN – The Future
further SCRAN events for Silversurfers
actual events in the sheltered housing units
oral history project?
involve Silversurfers in compiling local albums for libraries