Internet Training Resources

We frequently call things that we don't understand in the world complex, but that often only means that we haven't yet found a good way of thinking about them.
-- Tsutomu Shimomura, Takedown (A good read, by the way)

Figuring out just where to start learning about the Internet can be intimidating. The links below should make it a little less so.

The Library of Congress included the Internet Training and Tutorials section of their web page as a way to get people started using the web. There are a variety of tutorials and other information sources included here.

The University of Georgia's Exploring the Web: Learning Outcomes explains everything from the hardware needed to access the web, to how to use Netscape, deciphering a URL, etc. A great place to start!

From down under comes Internet Training Resources, a listing of Interenet guides, tutorials for the web and HTML, UNIX help, and a list os training related discussion lists.

The American Library Association's Library Instruction Round Table has contributed the LIRT Computer Apps Committee Home Page. The focus here is mainly on links to libraries which have instructional materials linked to their web pages.

If you do a search for "Internet training" in Infoseek, this is what you'll find. Do it yourself or click this link: Infoseek Guide: Internet training

Another good source if information is Mary Lynn's Training Page from the University of Texas. Included in here is a list of competencies required of students in the GSLIS (Library Science) program. I never knew that there was so much to learn. . .

The University of Oregon is starting a program called Get Ready which will introduce first-time students to the uses of technology. Tis is an introduction to that program. While you're at it, check out the Ducks library homepage.

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Last updated: 3/24/99