Transcript SLIC’s Supplementary and Advanced Training Guidance

SLIC’s Supplementary and
Advanced Training Guidance
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Outcome 2 – Support for staff at work
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Some is covered in ECDL
Needs contextualised to workplace
Scope for project work
Exercises could be developed around this or
portfolios created
Group work might included brainstorming
for ICT applications in the workplace
Must checklist the job description and
actual use of ICT
Outcome 3 – Health and safety/ legal
issues
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Council depts. often have staff who can
cover data protection, health and safety,
ICT in workplace
Staff with copyright or freedom of
information specialisms
CILIPS courses
Union health and safety officers
Consortia
Local HE institutions
Outcome 4 – Finding things out for
users
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Communication skills, reference interview
and information handling skills
Existing community and service planning
Group and project work to create local
information resource – evaluating local
databases and searching web content of
local interest
Staff must be clear they have the correct
enquiry and be able to evaluate the
information appropriately
Outcome 5 – Reader Development
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Brilliant for project work, great motivator
Use web for reading sites for children, adult
learning, bookselling and information about
initiatives
Create/customise materials for
OPACs/website/discussion lists/reading
groups
Use the NRDO at Hamilton
Use exercises to evaluate content
Remember all users – special needs, ethnic
groups etc
Outcome 6 – Supporting the learner
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You may be part of an education dept who
can help
Identify local sites and collect handbooks
and information
Identify good homework and learning links
Include social inclusion issues – supporting
learners with different backgrounds, ethnic
minorities, travellers etc
Think about learning styles
The Educators should play a leading role
Use external partners, like colleges and
online learning sources
Outcome 7 – Management of ICT in
libraries
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Use Advanced IT training roles to lead, also
IT dept and systems librarian
Staff should be clear about ICT available,
how to use it and future plans
Overview of networking benefits for users
with special needs
Develop a strength in adaptive technologies
Outcome 8 – ICT for administration and
CPD
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Should be covered by ECDL, Outcome 2
and contextualised in project work
Simple things like identifying and joining
discussion groups
Development of future training needs, like
advanced ECDL
IT Gatekeeper
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Web design skills –HTML, Software –
FrontPage/Dreamweaver/Fireworks
Basic principles of design, DDA compliance,
information management, links to other
sites etc
Management of Email databases and
bulletin boards
Internet screening – filtering, AUPs,
monitoring
Copyright
Transferring/uploading files to web site
Specialist interfaces for children, etc
IT Consultant
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Identifying user needs – advanced enquiry
skills, good communication skills and ability
to correctly analyse the user’s information
needs
Advanced knowledge of information sources
Partnerships with other providers – when
links and agreements save duplication of
effort
Information presentation and design
CILIP courses
IT Manager
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Strategic planning of the ICT needs for
future development
Identifying the key issues and ensuring that
the needs of all users are covered
Good knowledge of legal and regulatory
framework – copyright, IPR, data protection
(should be expert overview)
Planner for the creation of own content –
must understand metadata, principles for
digital archiving, management issues
relating to this and rights management
Access issues
Educator
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Coaching, mentoring and training the trainer skills
Good knowledge of education and lifelong learning
developments in authority
Links to other lifelong learning providers and
partners in the area
Should be able to create, edit and deliver own
programmes merging content from external sources
(web, ECDL) to develop in-house resources for staff
and public
Knowledge of learning styles
Knowledge of pitfalls of computer training and need
to support and motivate learners
Net Navigator
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Very good advanced search skills
Understanding of search engines, boolean logic,
grammar of the Internet – how ranking works,
ownership of web
Like Gatekeeper must be able to clarify user needs
Further developed knowledge of how to evaluate the
quality of the electronic information – covered in
Outcome 4
Use of current awareness and alerting services
How to set up relevant information services – like
using new stock information and emailing interested
library users, or local studies events