.... The instrument used for data collection was self-structured questionnaire, and all 88 respondents in this study responded to the questionnaire. Findings Five factors capable of influencing job satisfaction of employees – work environment, remuneration, fairness, promotion and training – were expatiated upon...

...Gillian Oliver Ross   Harvey . Digital Curation: A How‐to‐Do‐it Manual . London : Facet   2010 . 225 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐85604‐733‐3   £44.95 (soft cover) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Librarians Communication technologies Training...

...Brenda Chawner As libraries implement more and more new technologies, there is an increasing need to teach staff and customers how to use them. Gerding's The Accidental Technology Trainer: A Guide for Libraries has been written for people who unexpectedly find themselves in a training...

...Sandie King; David McMenemy; Alan Poulter Purpose The aim of this paper is to report the findings of a survey into staff perceptions of the UK‐wide information and communications technology (ICT) training conducted under the People's Network programme for public library staff. Design...

... and manage search results. The discussion on the evaluation of search results – specifically, the evaluation of internet sources – is most important. This aspect is normally overlooked in information skills training even though many users are not able to evaluate critically and assess the quality...

...Sen Cao Richard; Richard A. Volz; Jamison Johnson; Jonathan Whetzel; Dianxiang Xu; Maitreyi Nanjanath To support research on using intelligent agents in team training, a distributed multi‐player game in Java that executes in real time was developed. Basing development on the game Space Fortress...

...Philip Calvert Sarah   Cook . Compendium of Learning and Development Quizzes . Aldershot : Gower   2003 . 177 pp.+CD‐ROM , ISBN: 0‐566‐08540‐2   £75.00 (hardback) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 --> Training This book has a simple purpose...

... are growing in number, sparking new initiatives for training and collaboration among those tribes that house archives. As more and more documentation becomes available in electronic form, more repositories feel the pressure to contribute material. Electronic media and the Internet pose a number of concerns...

.... This paper presents the implementation of an ITS that employs game environment and object‐oriented user interface (OOUI) for teaching and learning. The reported implementation is based on use of a game environment to impart industrial training for energy conservation in a steam distribution system. The ITS...

... is trained to understand the structure of the databases, the function of fields, indexing structures and search strategies. Whilst many might possibly recall their initial difficulties as novice searchers, these memories are rapidly subsumed by the subsequent development of expertise. In this context, it can...

... incorporation in existing conventional library set up; needs of internal and external users; negotiating license agreements for vendors of proprietary collections; access rights, among the intended users; technology options to use; developing interfaces to use in accessing the digital collections; and training...

...Mary Peterson Discusses how to deliver a library service via an intranet or the Internet, using our library as an example. The main emphasis is on setting up a service to suit an online environment, designing user‐friendly pages to ensuring acceptance of the new service and training your users...

... provided are best used as part of a training and development programme. However, the author also suggests that they can be used as preparatory material before a training session, as part of a group or individual coaching session or used to gauge improvement after training has taken place. Sarah...

...Alastair G. Smith Librarians are making the transition from gatekeepers to guides, from intermediaries to instructors. The Internet in particular is an area in which libraries and information services find themselves needing to supply training for staff and for their users. Developing good...

...Christian Hasiewicz Competent Internet‐based library services can only be offered if appropriately qualified staff are available. To promote this development in Germany the Bertelsmann Foundation and its project partner, the ekz.bibliotheksservice GmbH are developing a special Web‐based Training...

...Ina Fourie Training Training techniques Apart from searching on subject, topic or title of resources, keyword searches are allowed. It is, however, not clear from the online documentation what is meant by a keyword search. Does a keyword search cover all the words in the subject, topic...

...Susan Cleyle Orridge claims: “I can think of few activities more rewarding than helping someone learn” (p. ix). This commitment to training and his resulting experiences produce practical and thoughtful programme suggestions. One of the most helpful aspects of this book is the caveat called...

...Philip Barker Training Continuing professional development Edited by A.   Landale . Handbook of Training and Development . Aldershot, UK : Gower   1999 . Hardback xxxv + 480 pages , ISBN: ISBN 0‐566‐08122‐9   £75 3rd edition In many ways, the general theme...

... development Education Training The Information Systems Development Life Cycle is part of the Information Systems Series which covers various aspects of information systems within their business and organisational contexts. The authors, David Avison and Hanifa Shah, are both well qualified...