These checklists developed by the Association of College and Research Libraries to provide guidelines for the organization of a bibliographic instruction program cover the following areas: (1) preliminary planning, including needs assessment and research; (2) developing goals and objectives; (3) gaining and maintaining support from within and…

This packet of materials is introduced by a report describing the prescriptive, student-centered library media program developed for and implemented in the Tarrant Elementary School in Birmingham, Alabama, in the early 1980s. This report covers the goals and objectives of the program, which are based on four key functions of design, consultation,…

Model for evaluation of library reference services examines four elements of reference process: librarians' performance on requests for factual information; knowledge of library policies, procedures, or services; provision of bibliographical instruction; and performance of interviewing techniques. Reference service questionnaire, criteria for…

Designed to provide a systematic means of analyzing the whole process of planning, implementation, and evaluation, these guidelines (1) suggest how national policies on user training may be related to national information policies in general, (2) suggest lines of action for the achievement of a national policy on user training, and (3) give advice…

Designed to be used for planning, developing and evaluating media programs that will support the competency based curriculum delineated in North Carolina's Teacher Handbook, this third edition of Media Program Recommendations contains guidelines and criteria for the school and system-level media services and resources that are essential for…

Intended to help academic librarians with practical information useful in the development of their own programs, these 12 checklists cover appropriate segments of the academic library instruction program: (1) elements of a model library instruction program; (2) assessing student needs; (3) assessing classroom instructor interest in bibliographic…

This reference book explains how to create, implement, and evaluate formal and informal preservation education programs in school, public, academic, and special collections. It's seven chapters include 43 papers by contributors from a wide range of positions in librarianship and academia. Chapter 1, "Preservation Issues and the Community of…