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Aneta Laskowska – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2023
This article uses bibliometric tools to analyze the peer-reviewed publications of academic librarians from 32 accredited higher education institutions in Norway--10 university libraries and 22 college libraries--associate members of Universities Norway (UHR). The period 2016-2020 was chosen to enable us to better understand publication patterns…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Librarians, Library Instruction, Academic Libraries
Appleton, Leo – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2020
The term 'student engagement' has a broad meaning and is used freely as an expression in several different contexts of academic librarianship. This literature review covers scholarship from across several of these areas and is structured so that four broad themes are systematically addressed: student engagement in learning; students as partners;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Learner Engagement, Literature Reviews, Foreign Countries
Alejandro Uribe-Tirado; Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo – Journal of Information Literacy, 2024
This article synthesised the origin, evolution, current state, and future trends of information literacy (IL) in Latin America. This study employed a quantitative and qualitative review of documents published by Latin American authors to map out IL's development in the region, which was structured around four pivotal moments: 1)…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Foreign Countries, Latin Americans, Educational History
Morris, Delyth – Journal of Information Literacy, 2020
This review will aim to establish if there is strong evidence to suggest a student preference for delivery format within information literacy teaching. This research supports and builds on research previously undertaken by Cardiff University (Weightman et al., 2017). Weightman et al (2017) addressed the effect of face-to-face or online learning…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Program Effectiveness, College Students
Smith, Denise – Journal of Information Literacy, 2019
McMaster University's Health Sciences Library (HSL) began to transition to a new liaison service model in early 2018. One of its librarians sought to understand how an academic health sciences library can optimise its support for academic undergraduate programmes. This scoping review of the literature was pursued with the aim to submit an informed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Services, Medical Libraries
Harding, Jane – Australian Library Journal, 2008
There has been much talk about libraries, including public libraries, being uniquely positioned to act as key agents for developing the critical skill of information literacy in their communities. Yet there is a notable lack of literature addressing information literacy and the public library, especially when compared to the volume of material on…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Library Skills
Carlile, Heather – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2007
Academic reference librarians continually observe that many students are embarrassed about not knowing how to use the library and are reluctant to approach the reference desk. The theory of library anxiety offers an explanation, proposing that a fear of being in and using libraries serves as a psychological barrier, hindering many university…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Reference Services, College Students, Foreign Countries
Fjallbrant, Nancy – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1983
Outlines history of library development in Japan, discussing the different role originally played by academic libraries in relation to their Western counterparts and noting increasing importance now being given to user education. The Kanazawa Institute of Technology Library Centre is given as a case in point. Ten references are listed. (Author/EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Instruction

Shoham, Snunith; Getz, Irith – Library and Information Science Research, 1988
This study looked for patterns in the search tactics and behavior of Israeli high school students. A sample of 200 students that were engaged in final projects filled out questionnaires to reconstruct their bibliographic searches. The relation between search patterns and student characteristics--bibliographic instruction, project adviser, and home…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Family Environment, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Lorenzen, Michael – 2002
Librarians are teaching in classrooms all over the world. A search of library literature reveals articles on academic library instruction programs in Asia, Oceania, South America, Africa, and Europe. This paper examines the 20th Century literature that explores academic library instruction programs around the world with the exception of those in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Librarians

Brundin, Robert E. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1985
Explores reasons for lack of attention in library school curricula to education for bibliographic instruction in libraries and presents brief overview of instructional program at Faculty of Library Science, University of Alberta, Canada. Developments in education for bibliographic instruction and possible solutions to problem areas are covered.…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Design

Koch, Hans-Albrecht – Library and Information Science Research, An International Journal, 1984
Report on current state of research in academic and research librarianship in Federal Republic of Germany highlights projects concerning acquisition of books; work procedure investigations; personnel requirements; cost accounting; investigations of library use (user research, user education); public relations work; librarianship; and subject…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Instruction

Binkley, R. David; Parrott, James R. – Information Services and Use, 1987
Describes a computerized reference and bibliographic instruction system currently under development at the University of Waterloo Library. The functions of the system, which will include query negotiation, suggestions for research strategies, referral to appropriate reference materials, information on library services and locations, and library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Expert Systems, Foreign Countries

Fjallbrant, Nancy – Education for Information: The International Review of Education and Training in Library and Information Science, 1983
Reviews the state of user education in Australian postsecondary educational institution libraries. Conclusions are based on results of a questionnaire survey of user education practices conducted in 1981. Courses in information retrieval, objectives of user education at six institutions, methods and media used, and course evaluation are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Course Objectives, Courses, Educational Development
Burnheim, Robert – 1991
This paper describes competency-based training and open learning, two methods of teaching/learning that are having a significant effect on the education offered through Australia's Technical and Further Education (TAFE) program. The paper defines competency-based training and open learning and details the broad impact they are having on resource…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Competency Based Education, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Foreign Countries
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