After taking a few hours over the past couple of days I have managed to already get through assignment two. While I realize I am a bit ahead of the course, I was really excited to complete this assignment. I was eager to try and come up with a solution to a problem which I feel many students/library users face.
The problem I decided to tackle was with regards to making sure students/library users are able to properly use online databases. I felt that this was an issue based on my own personal experiences. In the past I have had issues finding relevant and credible sources of information when using online databases. I have experienced the frustrations of not being able to find sources as recently as for assignment #1 and even for this assignment. I also picked this topic due to the fact that the rest of our library's reference collection is very good. Since the library has a good reference collection, including the online databases, it is important to make sure that the collection is being used efficiently and effectively.
I believe that I have created a simple plan for educating students and staff on the importance of properly using online databases to access and explore a variety of relevant and credible sources of information. While I am not in a position to put this plan into effect (as I am not the TL), I hope that this is something I could get involved with in the future.
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