The Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) launched two new
guidance toolkits at the annual SLIC FE Conference, which was this year held
at Scotland’s Colleges in Stirling on 3 Dec.
The first was a new service development and self-evaluation framework for
library and information services in Scottish Further Education (FE)
colleges, to replace the previously published toolkit Resources and Services
to Support Learners.
The joint SLIC and CILIP in Scotland (CILIPS) publication, A Guide to Using
Web2.0 in Libraries was then launched in the afternoon. This document was
created as a cross sector promotional tool for using Web2.0 in libraries and
is supporting by a range of webpages offering practical support.
The FE self-evaluation guidelines form part of a planned suite of tools
being developed by SLIC and the JISC Regional Support Centres to assist
college libraries with service development and self evaluation.
SLIC’s new guidance for FE college libraries has been produced in
collaboration with HMIe, JISC Regional Support Centres and the FE
Librarians’ Community of Practice. Anticipating the major curricular change
triggered by Curriculum for Excellence (now part of the learning and
teaching strategy in every college) the guidance identifies good library
practice and maps it to the current HMIe Quality Framework for Scotland’s
Colleges.
Encouragingly, SFC advice to colleges on quality review includes, for the
first time, an explicit requirement to report on support services making
SLIC’s new advice both timely and relevant.
See: http://www.slainte.org.uk/news/newsindex.htm
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