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Boff, Colleen; Johnson, Kristin – Reference Services Review, 2002
Reports results of a nationwide survey of first-year experience (FYE) courses for college freshmen to determine whether FYE course curricula contained a library component, especially information literacy. Discusses who develops the library component, who teaches it, course content, and the role that libraries and librarians play. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Freshmen, Course Content, Course Integrated Library Instruction
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Hoffman, Paul S. – Reference Services Review, 2002
Describes the development and evolution of an online introductory course to library research, which integrated information literacy into the curriculum at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Discusses results and evaluation of assessment, redefining the course as a result, creation of prototypes for additional assessment, and future…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Evaluation Methods
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Bracke, Paul J.; Dickstein, Ruth – Reference Services Review, 2002
Considers how to meet the challenge of providing students in large college courses with effective library instruction and describes librarian cooperation with faculty in the development of a Web tutorial and supplementary course materials to deliver library instruction. Explains how the tutorial was incorporated into the class syllabus and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Large Group Instruction, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
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Dennis, Nancy; Harrington, Nancy Dodd – Reference Services Review, 1990
Examines library programs for teaching information technologies and argues that many fulfill the wishes of librarians, not faculty and students. Faculty visions for the use of technology in teaching, research, and publishing are discussed. It is concluded that librarians must look at technology from the faculty viewpoint in order to develop…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
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Maynard, J. Edmund – Reference Services Review, 1990
Describes a survey of the teaching faculty at the Citadel that examined how the English faculty compared to other faculty in their perceptions and use of library instruction. It is concluded that the findings may be used to support an integrated, across-the-curriculum approach to library instruction. The questionnaire used is appended. (12…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Attitude Measures, Case Studies, College Faculty
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Huston, Mary M. – Reference Services Review, 1989
Discussion of library instruction for teaching the use of computer-based searching techniques focuses on a study conducted at Evergreen State College to determine novice and experienced users' information seeking habits, and to create a multicultural teaching model for researchers that acknowledges the users' conceptual frameworks. (15 references)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Libraries, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development