User:LILC Librarian TT



Career
I have worked in special, school and public libraries in Trinidad & Tobago. I was also an intern at a major research library in the U.S.A. Currently working as an acting Librarian III, School Library Services Unit Rudranath Capildeo Learning Resource Centre, Trinidad, W.I.

Responsibilities
 * Developing programmes for integrating information skills accross all areas of the school curriculum in primary and secondary schools.
 * Implementing the Library & Information Literacy Curriculum.
 * Training and advising school librarians/teachers.
 * Visits school libraries to supervise and monitor implementation.

Content Outline

 * Function of Library Research and other Information Sources
 * Locating Information within Sources
 * Using and Organising Information
 * Using Library Tools
 * Intellectual Property Issues
 * The Nature and Value of Information
 * Presenting Information
 * Role and Function of Libraries and Library Personnel
 * The Research Process
 * The Big6TM, the Information Problem-Solving Process developed by Robert E. Berkowitz and Mike Eisenburg.

Special Interests

 * Digital Libraries
 * Information literacy /My Sample Lesson Plan/
 * Distance Education / elearning
 * Library Services to Spanish-speakers
 * Media/film
 * Animation

Hobbies

 * Photography