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Thomas, Susan – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2018
Zines have begun to gain a place in higher education as pedagogical tools studied or made by students, and many academic libraries maintain zine collections. The library literature reveals little about how nonlibrarian faculty use zines in their classrooms. This paper describes the results of a survey of faculty from a range of academic…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Higher Education
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Palmer, Catherine – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2011
In this article, I imagine a library that prioritizes teaching users how to find, evaluate, and use information over the traditional library public service activities of collection development, access to materials, and reference services. If I ran the library, all services would support end-user education. (Contains 1 graph and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Libraries, Reference Services, Library Services, Library Instruction
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Pinto, Maria; Fernandez-Ramos, Andres – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2010
The authors compare Spanish faculty use of library services and the interest they express in value-added services and improvement actions. The results are based on data from a survey of 546 faculty in the field of science and technology. The study differentiates between the areas of pure science, engineering and architecture, and life sciences.…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Sciences, Library Services, College Faculty
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Burke, Gerald; Germain, Carol Anne; Xu, Lijuan – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2005
Colleges and universities are integrating information literacy into their undergraduate curricula. Accreditation commissions of higher education are integrating information literacy into their general education standards. Students enrolled in programs that promote information literacy are instructed to utilize library resources and services to…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, Reference Services