This qualitative study examines how academic librarians understand, conceptualize, and describe their teacher identity. The role of the academic librarian has greatly changed due to the advent of information technology. Traditionally, they were generalists, who were responsible for selecting and maintaining library collections. Academic librarian…

The one-shot library instruction session has long been a mainstay for many information literacy programs. Identifying realistic learning goals, integrating active learning techniques, and conducting meaningful assessment for a single lesson all present challenges. Librarians and English faculty at one college campus confronted these challenges by…

This report describes efforts by three academic libraries to develop a model instructional program for online catalog users that could be adopted in other academic libraries. A key component of the research included the exploration and development of a methodology for utilizing online transaction logs to evaluate user performance. The four project…

The Magazine and Journal Instructional Kit, Part 1 (MAJAK/1) is a HyperCard introduction to: (1) periodical indexes; (2) procedures for using the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), Serials List to locate specific articles; and (3) the arrangement of periodicals in the seven libraries of the UMCP Libraries System. Designed, developed,…