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E-learning - Learning lessons. Companies are driving e-learning systems to the desktops of workers, while e-learning systems for students are increasingly integrated into educational environments. Tracey Caldwell investigates the role information professionals can take in this evolving field.

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E-learning is becoming part of the role of library and information professionals in every sphere. Academic library staff are contributing resources and supporting student learning. In the public sector and within corporates, information professionals are contributing their expertise and corporate information to e-learning systems that train learners in areas that often impinge on the role of the IP.

Computer-based training emerged soon after the introduction of the PC in the 1980s and CD-based e-learning became very successful. A poll by the human resources body CIPD found that 73% of respondents used CD-ROM based e-learning in 2004. The poll also found that just ...

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