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Eisenbach, Elizabeth – RQ, 1978
This article views bibliographic instruction as a staff development program. Reactions of lecturers after teaching the library resources course to undergraduates are related. (JAB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Library Instruction, Staff Development
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Bradigan, Pamela S.; And Others – RQ, 1987
This description of research workshops for graduate students developed by a university library covers the need for the workshops, their intended goals, projected audience, planning, implementation, personnel, publicity, and the evaluation method used. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Library Instruction
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McCarthy, Constance – RQ, 1982
Discusses the evaluation of library instruction through observations of student and faculty at the reference desk of university libraries. Bad effects (guilt, overconfidence, indignation) and good effects (patience, adventurousness, trust) of library instruction are noted, and characteristics of more successful academic library instruction are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Information Seeking
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Dowell, Connie V. – RQ, 1986
Provides an example of a course integrated library instruction assignment in biographical research for undergraduate journalism students. The assignment is shown to accomplish three goals: development of library skills, knowledge of important living journalists, and a review of interviewing techniques. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Biographies, Higher Education, Interviews
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Engeldinger, Eugene A. – RQ, 1988
Discusses the value of critical thinking in higher education and the role of the librarian in teaching these skills. Nine questions that students can use to evaluate their readings are listed, and class discussion of library research methods and review of the evaluation questions are recommended. (11 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluative Thinking
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Kline, Laura S.; Rod, Catherine M. – RQ, 1984
Results of survey involving 54 U.S. colleges and universities reveal that while 98% of international education offices offered orientation programs for newly enrolled foreign students, only 56% of libraries provided special instruction for this group. Need for programs and suggestions for establishing them are discussed. Questionnaire is appended.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Foreign Students, Higher Education
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Dreifuss, Richard A. – RQ, 1981
Presents the results of a survey of faculty members at the University of Missouri at Kansas City's School of Administration concerning their attitudes toward the library research skills of graduate students and the role of library instruction in the development of those skills. Data are presented in four tables. (JL)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Graduate Students, Higher Education
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Aken, Robert A. – RQ, 1988
Argues that reference librarians serve as consultants at the point of interaction as they educate patrons in the use of the online catalog and demonstrate their role in finding and providing information. Specific areas of consultation are discussed as is the relationship of formal instruction to point of use instruction. (10 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Instruction
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Olszak, Lydia – RQ, 1991
Discussion of occupational mistakes focuses on a study of mistakes in reference performance of librarians, paraprofessionals, and student assistants at an academic library. Topics discussed include technical and judgment errors, redefining the reference process, normative errors, instructional goals of the reference staff, and suggestions for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Behavior Standards, Higher Education, Interviews
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Schumacher, Mark – RQ, 1986
Educational research textbooks often portray online computer searching as available only from distant database producers, or as something students can do for themselves without assistance from a reference librarian/search intermediary. User education may be needed in this area to correct users' misconceptions. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Content Analysis, Educational Research, Graduate Study
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Bergen, Kathleen; MacAdam, Barbara – RQ, 1985
Investigates nature of academic library individualized term paper assistance programs that blend elements of reference and user education, and analyzes complex factors causing service to be mutually beneficial to both students and librarians. The term paper assistance program at the University of Michigan is profiled. Forms used are appended. (9…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Individual Instruction
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Becker, Karen A. – RQ, 1993
Discusses the causes and symptoms of burnout among bibliographic instruction (BI) librarians in academic libraries. Highlights include the content of BI sessions; criticism of BI; a review of pertinent literature on burnout; sources of stress for new professionals; burnout in human service organizations; coping strategies; and high expectations…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Burnout, Coping, Expectation
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Allen, Gillian – RQ, 1990
This survey of library patrons gathered data about training needs and methodologies for CD-ROM users. Data from 87 inexperienced CD-ROM users and 31 experienced users were analyzed. Patrons especially wanted training in search strategy, procedures, Boolean logic, and equipment. Females rated the importance of training higher than males, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Services
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Patterson, Charles D.; Howell, Donna W. – RQ, 1990
Reports results of a 1987 survey designed to determine the educational preparedness and attitudes of academic librarians who participate in bibliographic instruction. Findings are discussed under the following headings: demographics; educational preparation; previous teaching experience; gaining and retaining support for the program; position…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction, Librarian Attitudes
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Wozny, Lucy Anne – RQ, 1988
College students were trained to do online searching in a mandatory research paper course. Bibliographies from student papers, search transcripts, questionnaires administered to students, the library's serials holdings, and interviews with instructors and librarians provided data for analyses of students' database and library searches and the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Utilization, Library Instruction
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