For the Effective Integration of Libraries/ Learning Resources Centres in Curriculum Delivery
The Council for Learning Resources in Colleges (CoLRiC) was founded in 1993 as an independent organisation dedicated to enhancing and maintaining the quality of learning resources services in further education colleges throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. It now has a membership of over 250 colleges.
CoLRiC stimulates the enhancement of quality in college learning resources services in a number of ways, including providing and publishing national standards and criteria for service provision, a peer accreditation scheme, publishing guidelines for inspections, and initiating research into areas related to the aims of CoLRiC.
CoLRiC also raises awareness and understanding of the learning resources service’s role by contacting college senior managers and governing bodies, making strong representation to organisations that are important to the future of college learning resources services, organising conferences, and being active members of other organisations.
This Award is to promote and encourage good practice and high standards in libraries/ learning resources centres (LLRC) in colleges, and to enhance their potential as areas that contribute to the delivery of the college’s curriculum. It is open to all further education colleges in the United Kingdom.
The assessors will be looking at:
- The liaison, involvement and consultation between the staff of the LLRC and the academic and managerial staff of the college
- The participation of the LLRC in the college’s information and curriculum delivery strategies
- The integration of the students, including flexible and distance learning students, in curriculum delivery through the LLRC
- The use of information and learning technologies (ILT) and information and communication technologies (ICT) through the LLRC
For more information and details to apply for the Award, please contact your college's Beacon Award representative, or:
Alice Thiagaraj
Beacon Awards Manager
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