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Instructing the Online Catalog User.

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Miller, William – Research Strategies, 1986

This essay offers suggestions to make online public access catalogs (OPACs) less idiosyncratic and more usable. Discussion covers qualitative difference between online catalog and predecessors, challenge of debunking assumptions, skills for success, maintaining an instructional perspective, catalog development for the people by the people, and the…

Descriptors: Display Systems, Information Systems, Library Catalogs, Library Instruction

The Best of OPAC Instruction: A Selected Guide for the Beginner.

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Elsbernd, Mary Ellen Rutledge; And Others – Research Strategies, 1990

Reviews the online public access catalog (OPAC) literature from 1980 through 1989 to assist librarians in their efforts to examine this growing body of literature. The 35 articles reviewed address the value of OPAC instruction, teaching methods, staffing needs, faculty education, and serving remote users. (Author/CLB)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, College Faculty, Higher Education