Instructor reminding participants about Internet privacy settings
The Macao Public Library has been enthusiastically extending its services to the community and has built an inseparable relationship with residents in their daily lives. Having been run successfully for years, the widely acclaimed and well received ‘Library e-lesson’ has come back in late-2018 as promised. To keep up with the times, the ‘Library e-lesson’, taking place in Macao Central Library and Patane Library this year, has covered in the curriculum quite many mobile applications popular among the youths, such as Douyin and Faceu. The courses seek to encourage residents of all ages to learn the skills of using such new interactive applications and have seen lively interactions between the instructor and the participants.
The ‘Library e-lesson 2018’ consists of two themed courses, with six 2-hour sessions in each. In the ‘Mobile Device Course - Setting and Application of Operating System’, the instructor introduced and demonstrated the daily use of cell phones or tablets, including basic functions, skills of managing files and using mobile applications, and so on. The instructor also encouraged and recommended the participants to use mobile applications launched by the Macao Public Library and the public and health departments of the government, which have given residents a much more convenient access to information. In the ‘Mobile Device Course – Photography Skills and Editing’, the instructor introduced the use of intriguing online applications, teaching the participants photography skills and how to post their photos on social media. The courses are perfect examples showing how the Macao Public Library serves as a crucial base of lifelong learning for residents.
Other mobile applications were also introduced to the participants during the courses, including BookMyne of the Macao Public Library, HyRead for accessing library’s e-resources, and other applications launched by local government departments, such as ‘Macao Health Bureau Information Platform’, ‘Macao Virtual Library’ and ‘Macau eBooks’, among others.
