Getting Your S/NVQ : Guide for Candidates in the Information and Library Sector

This introduction to Scottish and National Vocational Qualifications (S/NVQs) in library and information work, provides a guide to the new qualifications for potential candidates at levels two, three and four.

Based on real experience of pilot candidates' concerns, it answers questions such as: why bother with S/NVQs?; what are they?; how were the standards developed?; how will they benefit me?; how do I go about getting one - who assesses them?; and how do I put together a portfolio?