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SLIC’s Supplementary and Advanced Training Guidance What does this actually mean in terms of content? Draft guidance

SLIC’s Supplementary and Advanced Training Guidance What does this actually mean in terms of content? Draft guidance

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Page 1: SLIC’s Supplementary and Advanced Training Guidance What does this actually mean in terms of content? Draft guidance

SLIC’s Supplementary and Advanced Training Guidance

What does this actually mean in terms of content?

Draft guidance

Page 2: SLIC’s Supplementary and Advanced Training Guidance What does this actually mean in terms of content? Draft guidance

Outcome 2 – Support for staff at work

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

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Outcome 3 – Health and safety/ legal issues

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

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Outcome 4 – Finding things out for users

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

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Outcome 5 – Reader Development

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

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Outcome 6 – Supporting the learner

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

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Outcome 7 – Management of ICT in libraries

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

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Outcome 8 – ICT for administration and CPD

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

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IT Gatekeeper

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

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IT Consultant

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

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IT Manager

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

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Educator

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

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Net Navigator

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