Module 4: Tasks: Source Annotation

In your own words, write an annotation for the source which could communicate to a reader both your 'judgement' of the site according to what you have learnt from the tutorial, and also the following information:
- the reliability and authority of the site / source / article
- the main ideas or subjects discussed in the article
- the purpose for which the site was written (this might include any apparent external interest, intellectual motivation or contextual information).

UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops
The Teaching Library Internet Workshops from the University of California, Berkeley Library is a comprehensive resource for anyone wanting to learn more about the internet and the complex ways of evaluating and collating the vast amounts of information available in cyberspace, as efficiently as possible.

Covering a diverse range of topics from, 'What is the Internet', to search statetgies and advanced evaluation techniques, the Internet Workshops Tutorial is a high quality resource.

The site is part of an educational resource, provided by the University of Californina, Berkeley Library and authored by Joe Barker. Joe is a librarian for Berkeley Library who holds a PHD and has "run a series of courses for year-round students, staff, faculty of the University and to anyone in the community who wishes to learn about the Internet and how to find in formation on the World Wide Web."

The main topics in the site (tutorial) range from; Search Strategies, Search Engines and Web Evaluation Techniques. All of these stategies aim to make you a more efficient and knowledgeable internet user.

This site is used purely as an educational resource "to help students with research on any subject."

Joe Barker also states in his biography that, "I have become a fervent believer that every library manager and behind-the-scenes "techie" should have a thorough grounding in reference: direct knowledge of how challenging and rewarding it is to try to use library, Internet, and other resources to meet the research and information needs or our publics has explained for me the core purpose for working in a research library. "

Web Resources:
"Joe Barker
Librarian, The Teaching LibraryProgram Coordinator Internet/Web Instruction"
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/autobiography/jbarker/
(accessed April 09, 2007).