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Direct linkWhitehurst, Angela P. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2010
The need for information literacy continues to increase as colleges and universities begin to globalize their curricula and include global readiness in institutional missions. This article reports pretest and posttest data collected during a librarian-faculty collaboration to determine the effect of information literacy instruction on students…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Teaching Methods, Library Instruction, Library Role
Appleton, Leo – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2010
This paper looks at how the provision of information literacy training is supported in the further education sector. Using a case study, the results demonstrate how an online information literacy programme can be used as a staff development tool, in order that Learning Resources staff are better equipped to support students in their information…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Information Literacy, Staff Development, Case Studies
Botha, Erika; Erasmus, Rene; van Deventer, Martie – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2009
The mere fact that a library service is being used does not mean that the service makes a difference or has a positive impact on the user. This has significant implications for Special Library and Information Services (SL&IS) that have to constantly prove that they add value. Because of the difficulty of measuring impact effectively, the…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Program Effectiveness, Special Libraries, Foreign Countries
Shonrock, Diana D., Ed. – 1996
Libraries devote serious resources to user-education programs and need to measure their effectiveness with hard data. This guide was designed to simplify the evaluation planning process and the making of evaluation instruments. The material was developed from hundreds of survey instruments used by librarians around the country. The handbook…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Library Instruction, Library Planning
Dadzie, Perpetua S. – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2005
Purpose: Sets out to investigate the use of electronic resources by students and faculty of Ashesi University, Ghana, in order to determine the level of use, the type of information accessed and the effectiveness of the library's communication tools for information research. Design/methodology/approach: A questionnaire-based survey was utilized.…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Questionnaires, Computers, Program Effectiveness
Download full textWeaver-Meyers, Pat; And Others – 1989
A dramatic increase in interlibrary loan (ILL) in academic and research libraries in the last five years, combined with a changing office environment, is forcing reassessment of the relationship between the volume and cost of loans to service quality. In the spring of 1988, a survey was sent to 116 member libraries of the Association of Research…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Guidelines
