Der schlaue Det (The Sly Det) – An interactive library-skills-online tutorial
website:
http://www.det.informationskompetenz.net (in German)
Start Date (month/year): 1998 ?
End Date
(if ended) (month/year):
1999 ?
Typology: academic library initiative - tutorial

Institution:
Der schlaue Det (The Sly Det) – An interactive library-skills-online tutorial
Hamburg

Address:
Fachhochschule Hamburg
Fachbereich Bibliothek und Information - Bibliothek
Grindelhof 30
D-20146 Hamburg

Contact persons:
Detlev Dannenberg
(idea, plan and texts)
Michael Motylewski (Web-Design, JavaScript)
Cord Müller (databases design and connection)

Der schlaue Det (The Sly Det) – An interactive library-skills-online tutorial
to enhance library skills as a key qualification

It is an ideal instrument to improve this key skill because it gives students the opportunity of acquiring missing knowledge by using the tutorial in a flexible way.
The tutorial offers the user additional instruments for learning, e. g. questions for auto-control and means to communicate with the librarian as an expert of information literacy.

Its main sections are:
·    Introduction
·    Organisation
·    Library catalogues
·    Bibliographies
·    Learning check (quick test; research exercise; evaluation)
·    Glossary
·    Local search engine


See also: Benno Homann, A new task for German libraries: teaching information literacy. In:
Information Literacy in Europe: a first insight into the state of the art of Information Literacy in the European Union, edited by Carla Basili. Roma, Italy : CNR, 2003, p. 114-115

 

Keywords: interactive online tutorial – library skills – library instruction - search strategies – learning check

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