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Zhao, 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
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

Daugherty, 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

Peterson, Lorna – Research Strategies, 1996
Reports on a survey that revealed that few U.S. libraries (46 of 485 responding institutions) offer self-guided English-only or multilingual audiotape tours for user orientation. Barriers to their implementation included lack of funding and the prospect of frequent revision. Issues of technological advancement, appropriateness, and maintenance are…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Audiotape Recordings, Autoinstructional Aids, Library Instruction
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
Johnson, Johanna H. – 1981
Concerned with increasing the accessibility of the collection of the Engineering/Math Sciences (EMS) Library at the University of California at Los Angeles through the use of self guidance systems, this practical study focused on the problem context, general library guides, and library signage in reviewing the literature, and conducted a survey of…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Data Collection, Design Requirements, Higher Education
Utah State Univ., Logan. Merrill Library. – 1993
This manual describes the library instruction program taken as a part of English 200/201 at Utah State University. This manual is meant to be read after completing Project FORE, a computer-assisted instruction program at Merrill Library (Utah State University). Project FORE and this manual review the skills needed to retrieve information on…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Libraries, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Higher Education