Because of the Corona virus the Library of Ostend had to change its daily way of working completely.
Teleworking was introduced and is a part of the 'new normal' now. Organizing and taking part in video meetings are an important part of teleworking, this is a way of working that we were not familiar with untill now. The head of the Library of Ostend challenged two colleagues, Jasmijn and Jannicke, to introduce a videomeeting-app to all colleagues who are working from home.
The goal of the task was to gather everybody using the app for our first digital meeting.
Jasmijn and Jannicke are both digital natives, and well familiar with the digital world. But not everybody in the library feels comfortable yet using digital tools to connect with colleagues and to organize their work. At their first day of teleworking, Jasmijn and Jannicke wrote a plan of action to introduce the digital meetingapp, tested different tools and compared the advantages and disadvantages. Eventually they introduced apps like zoom and webex to the other colleagues. Some colleagues were already familiar with the digital tools, others needed more guidance from Jannicke and Jasmijn. But in the end, every colleague is able to work with videomeeting apps, and no one has cold feet anymore!