Training Support for the ISI Data Service
                                Bath
                            Terry Morrow

      BIDS is a service intended to be used directly by academics,
      research staff and students.  This is in contrast to the
      commercial services based on the ISI Data (such as Dialog
      and DataStar) which are generally only used by library staff
      on behalf of researchers, and it raises two new problems:

      1.  how best to give instruction and guidance on the
          mechanics of using the data service (using the menus,
          constructing search terms, refining searches, recovering
          and printing results)

      2.  how to give advice on making the best use of the data
          with the tools provided, on constructing successful
          search strategies, and on the nature of the data itself
          - its strengths and its limitations.
      
      The purpose of this project is to develop and produce to
      professional standards a package of Training Support
      Material to enable Library and Computer Centre staff to
      carry out effective training in the use of BIDS.
      
      The pack will consist of support material for formal
      presentations to groups, at three different levels:

           1) general overview
           2) detailed introduction for basic use
           3) use of the more advanced facilities
      
      This material will include course notes, OHP masters,
      lecturers notes, and exercise sheets.  It is also planned to
      develop some self-paced material designed to explain how to
      use the service for specific objectives, such as using it as
      a "current awareness" service.

      Finally, a PC disk will be created and distributed that will
      contain sample sessions and other material that could be
      used in support of training.
      
      It is a major objective of the project to complete, print
      and distribute as much of the material as possible in time
      for the start of the next academic year (October 1991).
      
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