The majority of students and staff at our high school lack skills that would make information retrieval easier for them in our library. Due to the varied research requirements in different sources, the complexities of technology, and the complicated systems of cataloging, students and staff alike prefer to use the Web to locate their information. This issue could be made obsolete if our library offered staff tech training and student tech training session at the beginning of the school year and throughout as needed. In the training sessions, the librarian could showcase the multiple sources of information, along with research strategies to use for each source. This would build confidence among the students and staff about the usability of the sources available there.
The following podcast stresses the role of the library in training their staff in the technology offered there, to build the skills and confidence necessary to access information using the technology located in the library. This concept can easily be used to train the staff and students in our high school.
I used the Education Podcast Network to find the podcast on the importance of tech training. The name of the podcast is, Tech Training and Competencies for Libraries. You can access this podcast by clicking the following link:
http://epnweb.org/player.php?podshow=http://www.opal-online.org/houghtonjantech20080515/houghtonjantech20080515.mp3&podcast=OPAL Podcast&program=Tech Training and Competencies for Libraries
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