3.2 Select a range of ICT-based materials to support learning

Table of Contents

1. Selection criteria
2. Learning packages available within own organisation
   1. Restrictions on the use of learning packages
3. Sourcing learning packages outside own organisation
4. Learning on the Internet
5. Devising a learning plan
6. Progression opportunities

Learning packages available within own organisation

You need to be aware of the range of learning packages which are available within your own library service. Some of these will be at your own service point. Others will be held elsewhere within the service.

The library catalogue will give information about the learning packages, both in your own library and elsewhere. Some libraries produce specific catalogues or lists of ICT learning packages, giving more details than might be found in the general catalogue. For packages at your own service point, it is also useful to examine the packages themselves and, if time permits, you can actually test them out.

Familiarise yourself with all the catalogues and lists of ICT learning packages in your library service. Note what sort of information they provide for each item.

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