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  1. Unit Two - Supporting Reader Development

Unit Two - Supporting Reader Development

Unit 2 aims to develop your skills in use of online resources in order to support clients in the development of their reading. If you are a member of staff in a public library who deals with reader development tasks using the Internet, you will have developed some or all of the expertise required for this unit. Read through the following information carefully. It summarises the knowledge and skills which you need in order to produce evidence of your competence.

You can download a Training Needs Analysis, which will help you to determine your readiness for undertaking this unit, by clicking on the following link:

Unit2: Training Needs Analysis

The unit involves exploring clients' reading development needs and satisfying these through appropriate online resources.. This must be done in a real library environment and you will need access to the Internet, preferably broadband. This unit has four outcomes:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of reader development.
  1. Identify, evaluate and use a range of online resources which promote reading to adult clients.
  1. Identify, evaluate and use a range of online resources which promote reading to younger clients.
  1. Identify, evaluate and use a range of online resources which promote reading to clients with special needs or with specific language requirements

Click on the links below to see the knowledge and skills which relate to each of these outcomes:

Outcome 1

Outcome 2

Outcome 3

Outcome 4


The unit is assessed through one case study and two short essays. Click on the link below to see some examples of typical assessments.

Assessment Examples