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Kontos, Fotini; Henkel, Harold – Public Services Quarterly, 2008
This paper examines the Regent University Library's effort to reach online students by incorporating online library workshops using the Live Classroom software from Horizon Wimba. The paper explains the need for synchronous online library instruction which arose from the university's changing clientele and curriculum. It also analyzes participant…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Online Courses, Workshops, Library Instruction
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Williams, Clay; Japzon, Andrea C. – Research Strategies, 2005
A Hunter College librarian, with public library experience, offered a series of drop-in workshops Saturday afternoons open to all students and questions regarding Web or Windows use in the academic year, 2000-2001. The intention of the workshops was to address the continuous needs of students lacking technological and informational literacy. The…
Descriptors: Workshops, Library Instruction, Reference Services, Academic Libraries
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Cranston, Catherine L.; Level, Allison V. – Public Services Quarterly, 2006
Library instruction about reference materials, databases, and quality web sites never goes out of fashion for students, faculty, or staff. An annual professional development program on the Colorado State University campus offers an opportunity to provide specialized library instruction to targeted faculty and staff members. For two consecutive…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Reference Services, Library Instruction, Integrated Activities
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Weisskirch, Robert S.; Silveria, Janie B. – Research Strategies, 2005
A faculty member and a librarian collaborated on an information competence workshop designed to enhance the skills necessary to complete a specific class project. Twenty-five students participated in the workshop and reported their skill level and comfort with researching for information at three times: before the workshop, the class session after…
Descriptors: Student Research, Workshops, Class Activities, College Faculty
Hufford, Jon R.; Johnson, William T. – 1997
This paper discusses the development since late 1993 of a program of Internet workshops and seminars offered to the Texas Tech University community. The discussion includes the program's history; the evolving process of planning, organizing, advertising, and managing; the politics involved; the effort to motivate colleagues to participate; the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Faculty, Higher Education, Internet
Librarians Association of the Univ. of California, Santa Barbara. – 1992
The libraries of the University of California recognize the need to transform present collections and services into the library of the 21st century. Doing so will require bridging issues of cultural diversity and enhancing support for existing diversity collections. The Ad Hoc Committee on Regional Workshops of the Library Association of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences