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Johnson, Karlie Loren; Westbrooks, Kimberly – International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 2021
From 2016-2019, Jacksonville State University (JSU) librarians embraced the call to incorporate increased active learning into traditional library information instruction. Librarians began this process by integrating the use of a scavenger hunt into the Houston Cole Library's new orientation tailgate event. Breakout EDU Escape Room kits with a…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Nontraditional Education, Library Instruction, Academic Libraries
Bodi, Sonia – 1992
Instructional librarians in academic libraries continue to think critically about their function, methodology, and teaching effectiveness as they assist students in their quests for knowledge. While several factors identify effective teaching, one important component is teaching to the diversity of learning styles of the students. This paper…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, Cognitive Style, College Libraries
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Kenney, Donald J. – Catholic Library World, 1987
This discussion presented at the 1987 convention of the Catholic Library Association traces the concept of library instruction from the early 1900's to the present, and discusses its place in modern society in terms of the economic, educational, and professional benefits involved. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: History, Library Instruction, Library Role, Lifelong Learning
Tovote, Christina – 2001
This paper discusses customer services in academic libraries. The first section addresses the concept of the "customer." Thereafter, the paper applies the metaphor of the producer and its consumers to the relationship between a university and its students. The second section looks at education as a process of refinement. Next, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Active Learning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Andrews, K.; And Others – 1994
This document contains 102 one-page conference demonstrations/posters of individual research in the use of multimedia and hypermedia in education. Teaching and learning strategies and styles are addressed; multimedia applications for cooperative learning, problem solving and decision making are related. The uses of object-oriented modelling,…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education
Danley, Elizabeth B.; Forde, Janet Lynch; Lahmon, Jo Ann; Maddox, Beverly K. – 1999
This study surveyed 126 school librarians in 18 countries, representing 131 schools serving more than 113,260 students. The survey instrument requested respondents to describe techniques they used to facilitate information literacy, their perceptions of their functions in the development of independent learners, and the training they received that…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy
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Ferstl, Kenneth L. – Catholic Library World, 1987
This paper presented at the 1987 convention of the Catholic Library Association explores the role of the librarian as a teacher in school and public libraries and among clienteles ranging from school-age children to older adults. (EM)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Riley, Garland G.; Ary, Donald – 1986
Presented in this document is a module developed at Northern Illinois University as an optional bibliographic instruction tool to be used in the library unit of an introductory-level educational research course. This approach allows each student to hunt through the library, locate various commonly used educational resources, and use each resource…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Research, Higher Education, Information Sources
Labaree, Robert V. – 1998
This paper describes a model course that places the intersection of information literacy and critical thinking within the conceptual framework of how information technology impacts cultural, political, economic, and social systems in American society. Stepping beyond the boundaries of traditional library instruction, this model course also…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Critical Thinking, Empowerment, Information Literacy
Gee, E. Gordon; Breivik, Patricia Senn – 1987
Quality education in an information society must include skills related to the accessing and evaluating of pertinent information for problem solving. Moving beyond the practice of using reserve material, lectures, and textbooks predominant in most college teaching today would be a step towards producing independent learners more likely to use the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Educational Cooperation
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Adams, Mignon Strickland – Catholic Library World, 1989
Discusses the lack of communication between high school and academic librarians teaching library skills. Those skills that students should have before entering college are identified, results of tests of college freshmen's library skills are reported, and suggestions for cooperation and communication to meet students' needs are offered. (five…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Freshmen, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
Chin, Susan Ho; Blumenthal, Caroline – 1989
The argument is made that English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) educators cannot prepare students for mainstreaming in American colleges and universities if the students are limited to ESL textbooks. When teachers assign library projects, they generally neglect the vital area of bibliographic instruction because they assume that the foreign student…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Teachers, Learning Activities
Markless, Sharon – 2002
This paper draws on the experiences of the author during the past 15 years of working primarily with school, college, university and health librarians, but with occasional forays into the public and special library domains. It is written by an educationalist and teacher trainer with an interest in library development; someone who has never run a…
Descriptors: Inservice Education, Instructional Design, Learning Theories, Librarians
Bard, Therese Bissen – 1983
This paper outlines the history, functions, administration, and current focus of school library services in Hawaii, which is the only state in the United States with a library staffed by a trained librarian in every public school. Its first school library was established in 1882. Elementary school libraries developed concurrently with secondary…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Kallenberger, Nikki – 2000
This paper comprises four case studies that illustrate the State Library of New South Wales' (Australia) commitment to learning. The first section describes a shared learning environment for graduate information studies students that was collaboratively developed by the State Library and the University of Technology, Sydney (Australia). The second…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Environment, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
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