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Specialist in Virtual Reference Services Course

What will I learn?

Make yourself a better Library worker with our Expert Training for Virtual Library Help Services. This full course will teach you how to know what library users need, make your service better, and use modern tools like chat and video calls. You'll learn how to make the service easy to use for everyone, making sure it's quick and available, and you'll learn about what's new in this area. You'll become good at planning how to put these things into practice and how to get the community involved. Join us and change how you do virtual library help today!

Apoia's Unique Features

Online course accessible for life
Certificate compliant with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support always available
Select and arrange the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, without needing internet access

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Get good at looking at library user information to make the online help service better.

Do good surveys and interviews to understand what library users want.

Use ways to improve the service to get more people involved.

Use modern tools to talk to people online easily.

Create online experiences that are easy to use for everyone and quick to respond.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.