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Donegan, Patricia Morris – 1989
Because reference librarians at San Antonio College (Texas) often found themselves facing the difficult situation of assisting students who were struggling with ill-conceived, faculty-designed library assignments, they developed a 2-hour workshop for faculty on the construction of course-related assignments. This collection of workshop-related…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Assignments, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
King, Barbara – 1981
A five-week tutorial minicourse offered by the Douglas/Cook College Writing Center at Rutgers University helps students develop skills in research writing. The first service the Writing Center offers is a "term paper strategy session," in which students meet with a reference librarian to examine the various reference sources available.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Library Skills, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness
Pitts, Ben E. – 1977
Research at Tennessee Technological University indicated that library and instructional materials were not being utilized. Additional research showed that graduates of the teacher training program did not use their school library fully or draw upon the media skill of the librarian. The coordinator of the Learning Resource Center (LRC) and a…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Higher Education, Library Skills, Preservice Teacher Education
Quantic, Diane Dufva – 1981
The goals and objectives of a college library instruction program should be developed jointly by library staff and composition faculty. Such a program should (1) attempt to overcome student insecurity and confusion about conducting research; (2) focus on tools and skills necessary at each university level; (3) emphasize the unique aspects of the…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Higher Education, Library Instruction
Allen, Mary Beth – 1987
The University of Illinois Undergraduate Library offers a unique bibliographic instruction (BI) program for students enrolled in freshman rhetoric, English, or English as a second language courses. It consists of 11 different programs and 10 distinct components, each specially developed for a distinct student group. Although each BI program is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classification, College English, Foreign Students
Abramov, K. I. – 1979
The organization and development of the library education system in the USSR is described by K. I. Abramov of the Moscow State Institute of Culture and is summarized in a comment paper by Charles D. Churchwell, Washington University. Abramov begins by stating the philosophical basis for the existence of libraries and librarians in the USSR, and…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Educational Development, Educational Programs
Jasper, Bruce – 1980
Lessons from a ninth-grade course which integrates social studies skills development and economic concept teaching are outlined. An overview describes the content of the year-long course and the skill objectives. Course content is divided into three sections: a basic introduction to economics, student interest topics such as the economics of crime…
Descriptors: Awards, Concept Teaching, Economics Education, Grade 9

Kemp, Barbara E.; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1986
Quotes the Carnegie Foundation's special report recommending that high schools and colleges cooperate to determine which library skills are essential for college library use and to provide appropriate training. Principles to be followed in establishing collaborative projects are suggested and examples of cooperative bibliographic instruction…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Bound Students, College School Cooperation, Educational Experience
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
Wilson, Lizabeth A. – 1985
This paper opens with a brief description of three administrative options for implementing bibliographic instruction programs for college level students: (1) composition instructors teach their students research methods without working with librarians; (2) librarians offer separate library skills courses to the general student body; and (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Library Administration