Student's Guide

The Student's Guide contains the following:

• Module Introduction
• Handouts: Lessons 1-7 (PowerPoint)
• Glossary (HTML) (MSWord)
• Activities (HTML) (MSWord)
• List of references (HTML) (MSWord)

Module 5. The Internet as an Information Resource

Introductory note

This is Module 5 of the ICT for Library and Information Professionals (ICTLIP) Training Package for Developing Countries. This Package is intended to provide knowledge and skills required to deal with the application of ICT to library and information services. It is meant for library and information personnel who may become trainers in the area. The Package has been developed by the UNESCO Asia & Pacific Regional Office with funding from the Japanese Fund in Trust for Communication and Information.

It contains six modules:

Module 1-Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies

Module 2-Introduction to Integrated Library Systems

Module 3-Information Seeking in an Electronic Environment

Module 4-Database Design, and Information Storage and Retrieval

Module 5-The Internet as an Information Resource

Module 6-Web Page Concept and Design: Getting a Web Page Up and Running

Learning outcomes:

Module 5 is designed to enable participants to acquire knowledge and skills that will help them train other information professionals to use the Internet.

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

1. Identify Internet tools and resources

2. Utilize Internet search tools and services

3. Evaluate Internet tools and resources

4. Cite properly the information found on the Internet

5. Address the trends and issues concerning the Internet

6. Use the Internet as an information resource

Note: The content of Module 1 must be understood by all students (either by students first completing Module 1, or as a result of prior knowledge of ICT) before they proceed with the remaining five modules in the ICTLIP Training Package.

Course Outline

Lesson 1. How the Internet works

Lesson 2. How to search for information on the Internet

Lesson 3. Ethical, legal and other issues involved in using the Internet as an information resource

Learning Environment

The training room must have the facilities and technical support required to carry out the course. It should have computers with CD-ROM drives and online access to the Internet and other resources such as OPACs and CD-ROM databases. The Module should be conducted by a teacher who is knowledgeable and skilled in using computers, the Internet, CD-ROMs and a variety of electronic resources, and who is skilled in teaching courses of this nature. Duration

The Module is designed for a one-week course of 40 hours: 8 hours per day for five days.

Course content and schedule.

Typographical conventions

	Activity Activity for the students
	Reference Reference and further reading materials
	Glossary Glossary of terms used in the module

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