The Evolution of Internet Training in a Corporate Library

Summary

In the last six years, training corporate employees how to use the Internet for business purposes has changed dramatically. The emphasis has shifted primarily to the World Wide Web, and more on how to use it most effectively, rather than on just the basics of how to use it from square one. This article describes how Internet training sessions given by librarians at the National Broadcasting Company have evolved since 1995, and details the lessons of today, while looking toward the ones of tomorrow.

Key Words:

• Internet
• World Wide Web
• teaching
• training
• bibliographic instruction
• corporate library
• news library