"Library Skills for ESL Students" is a teacher's manual for a university-level course for international students offered at Southeast Missouri State University. This manual includes most things necessary to teach this course: curriculum guide, syllabus, lesson plans, tests, quizzes, and exercises. Several problem-solving exercises are…

Provides library media activities in art, reading/language arts, science, and social studies on the following specific topics: (1) creating with paper; (2) faces of Santa; (3) insect homes and environments; and (4) life in the Middle Ages. Objectives, resources, instructional roles, procedures, evaluation, and follow-up are outlined for each…

Examines capabilities of the computer as a tool for bibliographic instruction; how librarians can utilize the computers; and the effects of microcomputers on bibliographic instruction librarians. Three approaches to writing computer-assisted instruction (CAI) programs (CAI authoring system, special purpose CAI language, general purpose computer…

Describes a workshop developed by the University of Arizona Library to train its staff in cross-cultural communication, including its rationale, goals, and content of the session. Concerns addressed include language difficulties, cultural adjustment, and library instruction for international students. (CDD)

Provides a detailed description of a class project in which each student is videotaped while presenting a booktalk. Included are a list of appropriate books, a checklist for students to use in identifying the important characteristics of a booktalk, and an evaluation form for presentations. (CLB)

Presents seven library media activities to be used with specific curriculum areas: "Into the Past with Historical Fiction" and "Critical Reading to Figure It Out" (Reading and Language Arts); "Electricity Experiments,""Classifying Insects," and "Fish" (Science); and "Citizenship and the…

A study of 522 university students identified variables related to library anxiety: use of computerized indexes and online facilities, gender, year of study, native language, frequency of library visits, number of library skills courses undertaken, and reasons for using the library. Recommends measures to reduce library anxiety. Includes a…

Outlines challenges with which English as second language students confront the library and reflects on the need for global education; internationalizing curricula in colleges, high schools, and elementary schools; and library skills as key to learning. The personal approach to instruction at New York City Technical College is described. (EJS)

Provides fully-developed library media activities designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units in mathematics (consumer education); reading and language arts ("Foolish People in Folk Tales"); science (dinosaurs); and social studies (Roman cities and Third World countries). (Author/EM)

Provides fully developed library media activities designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units in health, music, reading and language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. For each activity, the objectives of the exercise, resources, instructional roles of librarians and teachers, procedures involved, evaluation, and…

Provides fully developed library media activities designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units in music, reading and language arts, science, and social studies. For each activity, the objectives of the exercise, resources, instructional roles of librarians and teachers, procedures involved, evaluation, and follow-up activities…

Describes seven library media activities: "Mathematics: What's After the Decimal Point?"; "Music: Melody"; "Physical Education: Rope Climbing in Past and Present Jobs"; "Reading/Language Arts: Fantasy Themes"; "Re-Telling African Folktales"; "Social Studies: Famous People of the Westward…