Staff Induction and Training Resource

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Welcome to the Staff Induction and Training Resources community. This platform is dedicated to providing essential tutorials, guides, and resources for newly hired staff members. Our aim is to help you quickly understand and navigate the systems and processes in place, ensuring a smooth transition into your new role. Explore our content to enhance your skills and knowledge as you begin your journey with us.

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    How to be a motivational manager : an essential guide for leaders and managers who need to get fast results with minimum stress
    (How To Books, 2007) Fairweather, Alan
    This book is a down-to-earth guide for managers and team leaders. It reveals how to motivate your team, get results and do it in the easiest, least stressful way possible. It's written by Alan Fairweather who did the job of a middle manager - and did it effectively - for fifteen years. He now helps others do it on a daily basis through his seminars and workshops. Alan knows the real challenges that managers and team leaders face every day with their people. He's used the "3 Secrets of Motivation" described in this book. They worked for him and they'll work for you. You'll discover how to: pick the right people and communicate what's expected of them; reduce absence from work, reduce staff turnover and the time spent on resolving staff issues; deal with difficult team members; and, develop a highly motivated team who increase customer satisfaction, boost sales and make a positive contribution to the business
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    Step-by-step guide: exporting bibliographic data from WorldCat & TCS iPortal to Zotero
    (The City School, 2024) Nadeem Sohail
    In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to efficiently export bibliographic data from WorldCat and TCS iPortal into Zotero, a powerful reference management tool. This step-by-step guide will take you through the entire process, from accessing bibliographic records on WorldCat and TCS iPortal to exporting and organizing them in Zotero for easy bibliographic management. As a TCS librarian, this tutorial will help you streamline your workflow, making it easier to save and organize bibliographic data for a better understanding of the bibliographic details. By the end of this video, you'll have the skills to seamlessly gather and manage bibliographic data from multiple sources using Zotero and convert Zotero data into an Excel file.
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    How to copy catalog records from other TCS libraries in TCS-Koha?
    (The City School, 2024) Nadeem Sohail
    In this tutorial, you'll learn step-by-step how to copy catalog records from other TCS libraries within the TCS-Koha system. This video will guide you through searching for existing catalog records, importing them into your library's database, and making necessary modifications. Save time and ensure consistency across all TCS branches by effectively leveraging shared records. Perfect for new librarians or anyone looking to streamline the cataloging process!
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    How to add, transfer, or promote library members in Koha
    (The City School, 2024) Nadeem Sohail
    In this video tutorial, you'll learn how to manage library members in TCS-Koha, covering essential tasks such as adding new members, transferring existing members between branches, and promoting members to different classes or categories. This tutorial will guide you through each step, ensuring you understand how to effectively update member information and streamline your library's administrative processes. It is perfect for library staff who want to enhance their Koha skills.
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    How to catalogue a new book on TCS-Koha?
    (The City School, 2024) Nadeem Sohail
    In this tutorial, learn how to catalogue a new book in the TCS-Koha library system. This step-by-step guide covers the essential processes, including adding bibliographic data, assigning subjects, setting item details, and managing copies. Ideal for TCS librarians and library staff, this video will help you effectively organize your collection and make it easily accessible to your users.
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    TCS-Koha Library Management System: a PPT used during Koha trainings
    (The City School, 2024) Nadeem Sohail
    This presentation provides an overview of the TCS-Koha Integrated Library Management System, tailored for librarians within the TCS network. It introduces the key features and functionalities of TCS-Koha, highlighting its role in enhancing library operations, improving resource management, and facilitating an effective user experience. The training covers the system’s core modules, including cataloging, circulation, and patron management, ensuring participants gain familiarity with the user manual and practical skills to navigate the system. Emphasis is placed on using TCS-Koha to automate library workflows, improve data accuracy, and provide better services to library patrons, empowering librarians to manage their collections efficiently and enhance the learning environment.
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    User manual: TCS-Koha integrated library management system
    (The city School, 2024) Nadeem Sohail
    The "User Manual: TCS-Koha Integrated Library Management System" serves as a comprehensive guide for library staff, administrators, and users of the TCS network to effectively utilize Koha, an open-source Integrated Library Management System (ILMS). This manual provides step-by-step instructions to perform essential library tasks, including cataloging, circulation, acquisitions, and patron management. It covers system utlization, user roles specific to the TCS implementation. Through practical examples, screenshots, this manual aims to enable users to streamline workflows, enhance library services, and optimize the user experience. Additionally, the manual introduces system integrations tailored to meet the specific needs of TCS libraries, ensuring efficient library operations across all branches.
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    Searching on Koha: from simple to advanced
    (The City School, 2024) Nadeem Sohail
    This video tutorial provides a comprehensive guide on how to effectively search for information in the Koha Integrated Library System. It starts with a basic overview of simple searching techniques, ideal for new users seeking to quickly locate materials in the library. As the tutorial progresses, viewers will learn advanced search strategies, including the use of Boolean operators, filters, and specialized search fields, enabling more precise results. Additionally, tips on customizing search parameters and leveraging Koha's powerful search features to enhance user experience are provided. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced librarian, this tutorial will equip you with the skills to maximize Koha's searching capabilities.
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    How to create barcode and spine labels in TCS-Koha?
    (The City School, 2024) Nadeem Sohail
    This video tutorial provides a step-by-step guide on how to create barcode and spine labels in TCS-Koha an integrated library system (ILS). You will learn how to use TCS-Koha's label creator tool to generate barcodes for library items and design spine labels for easy identification. The tutorial covers for barcode and spine labels printing opctions. Whether you are a librarian managing a small collection or a system administrator overseeing multiple branches ad RCL, this video offers practical insights to streamline the labeling process in Koha, ensuring efficient cataloging and circulation of library materials.
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