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Direct linkCox, John – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2018
A strong position in the institution is vital for any academic library and affects its recognition, resourcing, and prospects. Higher education institutions are experiencing radical change, driven by greater accountability, stronger competition, and increased internationalization. They prioritize student success, competitive research, and global…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Role, Higher Education, Institutional Mission
Peer reviewedCardman, Elizabeth R. – Research Strategies, 1990
Argues that the gender gap in computer use may place female library users at a disadvantage, and discusses the implications of the gap for bibliographic instruction. Topics addressed include the extent of the gap, reasons for it, psychosocial factors involved in it, factors encouraging it, analyzing it in libraries, and bridging it. (44…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Literacy, Females, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBawden, David – Journal of Documentation, 2001
Examines the concepts of information literacy and digital literacy through a literature survey and analysis. Highlights include skills-based literacy, including library literacy, media literacy, and computer literacy; bibliographic instruction; business information; the information society; network literacy; Internet literacy; hyper-literacy; and…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Information Literacy, Information Skills, Internet
Peer reviewedBehrens, Shirley J. – College and Research Libraries, 1994
Analyzes definitions of information literacy by reviewing library and information science literature of the 1970s and 1980s. The response of the information profession to the expanding range of skills and knowledge required for information literacy is noted. Three main trends in information literacy from the literature of the early 1990s are…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Literacy, Definitions, Development
Peer reviewedPiele, Linda J.; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1986
Librarians should adopt a teaching role to instruct users in microcomputer literacy, as microcomputer laboratories and software collections are increasingly a part of academic libraries. University of Wisconsin-Parkside has provided microcomputer orientation workshops and faculty seminars in their microcomputer lab for students, faculty, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Continuing Education
Download full textKuhlthau, Carol Collier – 1987
This review of the research literature describes and discusses functional/information literacy in the age of computers and the resulting "information explosion," together with means by which students can become competent information users in the future and be enabled to lead productive, meaningful lives. Defined as comprising library…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
