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Direct linkZhao, Jennifer Cong Yan; Mawhinney, Tara – College & Research Libraries, 2020
Vernacular language videos with narration in non-English languages have been used in North American academic libraries to engage and empower international and non-native English-speaking students. This study investigated the effectiveness of McGill University Library's orientation videos from the perspective of these students, using mixed methods…
Descriptors: Orientation Materials, Video Technology, Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Lester, Linda; And Others – 1980
This report by the Committee on Library Orientation at the University of Virginia reviews the need for a unified, well designed sign system to assist users of the university libraries and discusses the categories and functions of such signs as identified in the relevant literature. A discussion of the current situation at the university and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Facilities, Library Guides, Library Instruction
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
At the request of the Pennsylvania State University Library, the Office of Management Studies surveyed Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members requesting information and documentation illustrating the organization, nature, and level of the library instruction function at their institutions. A review of the responses from 64 of the 94 ARL…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Organization, Centralization, Decentralization
PDF pending restorationDaugherty, Robert; Pausch, Lois M. – 1983
A survey was conducted in May 1982 of all academic libraries in Illinois to elicit information regarding the provision of bibliographic instruction, user education, or library orientation to undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members during the 1981/82 calendar year. Usable replies were received from 143 libraries (70% of those…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Group Instruction, Individual Instruction, Instructional Materials
Jacobs, James A.; Baber, Carolyn D. – 1984
The results of three surveys conducted in 1983--one of Texas Tech University students, one of the library staff, and one of faculty members--indicated that all three populations surveyed agreed that the library should provide bibliographic instruction for students. Preliminary profiles of user needs were developed on the basis of responses to the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Library Instruction
Peer reviewedJewell, Timothy D. – College and Research Libraries, 1982
This study conducted at Bowling Green State University in 1978-79 compares student reactions to a media-assisted library skills lecture tour and a self-paced workbook covering similar material, traces their reactions during development of a workbook program, and analyzes associations between student reactions and other variables. Fifteen…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
