Online searching and CD-ROM in British schools

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Butterworth, Margaret^{; *; **}

Affiliations: Department of Library and Information Studies, Edith Cowan University, Perth, W.A., Australia

Note: [*] This is a slightly revised draft of a paper presented on the 12th Australian School Library Association Conference in September 1991 and published in its Proceedings.

Note: [**] Formerly librarian at a high school in England.

Abstract: In recent years, there have been a number of research projects, carried out under the auspices of the British Library with a brief to investigate ways in which new technology could be used effectively in schools and then to disseminate this information to a wider audience. Two such projects were reported in 1990: CD-ROMs in School Libraries and Wider Horizons: Online Information in Schools. School use of PRESTEL, CAMPUS 2000, NERIS and ECCTIS is discussed, and the implications of these online services and CD-ROM products considered. A report is given on the CHIRP project (Computer Hotline for Information Re-Packaging), designed by the author and a colleague, to teach information skills in a way that was motivating to pupils and relevant to the 1990s.

DOI: 10.3233/EFI-1992-10104

Journal: Education for Information, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 35-48, 1992