Credo Reference Blog

Credo Reference accepted an invitation to participate in the London Libraries’ “E-books marketplace” seminar at Swiss Cottage Library on Tuesday 23 February.  Representatives from 17 London libraries attended, most of whom were Credo subscribers, and all of whom are in different phases of embracing e-books.

Martin Palmer opened the seminar with an excellent account of how Essex Libraries explored and responded to the changing technologies and demands for e-books in the library environment, from the very early days to the huge and growing success that they now are at Essex Libraries.

Though Credo Reference is not an e-book platform, Anne Kail nevertheless found a theme that resonated.  Mindful that in these tough financial times usage and promotion are even more pressing than ever for librarians, Anne showed how Credo’s new Topic Pages tackle both those challenges and demonstrated how the library’s own e-books can be featured on the Credo page.

The event was wrapped up nicely with Tony White’s talk “E-publishing – a writer’s perspective” which he closed with a reading from one of his short stories – check it out at www.artistsebooks.org

Swiss Cottage Library

Some of you will know (or can find it in Brewers’ on Credo Reference) that Swiss Cottage refers not only to the library and the local area but originally to the ‘public house built in the style of a Swiss chalet. The original version was erected on the site of a former tollgate keeper’s cottage in 1803.  Today’s Swiss Cottage Library (pictured) is a branch library of Camden Libraries who are long time subscribers to Credo Reference.