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Peer reviewedRieh, Soo Young – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1999
Reviews the literature on academic library reference service, and examines changes in the traditional reference desk model. Based on the review from the perspectives of managers, librarians, and users, new research directions are proposed in which users' information-search processes and librarians' intervention in reference service are integrated.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Attitudes, Change, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSapp, Gregg – College and Research Libraries, 1992
Reviews and describes the current crisis in science literacy and formulates an information-based definition of the term. Library issues and concerns are discussed, including the role of librarians in defining the information-seeking behavior of science-literate users, describing users' characteristics, and evaluating and applying appropriate…
Descriptors: Information Science, Information Seeking, Library Collection Development, Library Role
Montgomery, Paula K., Ed.; Thomas, Nancy Pickering – 1999
This book brings together the literature on information skills instruction with particular reference to models related to information seeking and the information search process, including representational, instructional/teaching, and facilitation models. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the development of the library curriculum as it has evolved…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Practices, Educational Theories, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedTibbo, Helen R. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 1991
Examines the literature from 1981-90 concerning information technologies for the humanities. Topics discussed include the humanist's relationship to technology; information seeking behavior; information use; preservation of materials; collection management; access to information; and examples of computing applications in archaeology, Biblical and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archaeology, Biblical Literature, Higher Education
Olsen, Thomas H. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1985
Microfiche equipment and software were supplied to targeted junior and senior high school media centers and use of the total magazine collection was measured. Data on the third year of the project indicate the microfiche collection led to an 18 percent rise in number of successfully filled requests for magazines. (CDD)
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Learning Resources Centers, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development
Minor, Barbara B. – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1993
Reviews research on school library media programs from the ERIC database that addressed the status of school library media programs, the information seeking process, the use of technology, censorship, school library media collections, collection development, funding, use studies, the role of the library media specialist, and professional training.…
Descriptors: Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Seeking, Internship Programs
