The second annual report on the activities of the University of Kentucky Library's Instructional Services Department for 1975-76 is divided into three sections. The first section describes in detail the provision of library instruction and orientation to 7,000 students during the year. Tables summarizing statistical information on the program…

Due to a shortage of staff at the Carlson Library at the University of Toledo, user access to the documents collection outside of the normally staffed hours has depended on the resourcefulness of the user. A survey showed that users were unfamiliar with access procedures. In order to make documents more readily available, the staff developed a…

Describes the library instruction program at Miami-Dade Community College, a self-instructional library skills program consisting of a two-part manual, review exercises, "hands-on" assignments, and computer-scored tests. Reports on faculty and student responses to the program. (DMM)

This paper outlines process of developing self-guided, library-based materials and methods manual to complement social work research course taught at graduate and undergraduate levels. Selection of topic for research, identification of library reference resources, and development of reference material bibliography are covered. Formative evaluation…

In support of the United States Naval Academy's program in international relations, library reference staff developed an instruction unit featuring appropriate research guides and a videotape produced at the Naval Academy Educational Resource Center. The videotape illustrates a sample search strategy and then highlights the use of four basic…

A result of close cooperation between librarians at the Undergraduate Library and the English faculty, the program described in this report involves the integration of library instruction with freshmen English courses at the University of Texas at Austin. The formulation of goals for this program, through which over 5,000 students each year are…

With help from the Council on Library Resources and the National Endowment for the Humanities, a five-year Library Outreach Orientation Program was instituted at Eastern Michigan University. Through intensive contacts between the orientation librarian and faculty members in the humanities and social sciences, library sessions were set up during…

Nine articles describe bibliographic instruction programs that serve such special user groups as international students, adult students, remote users, gifted students, prisoners, and other groups with special needs. Cooperative programs that link instructional efforts of different types of libraries are also discussed. An annotated bibliography of…