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Jiao, Qun G.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Library Quarterly, 1997
A study of 522 university students identified variables related to library anxiety: use of computerized indexes and online facilities, gender, year of study, native language, frequency of library visits, number of library skills courses undertaken, and reasons for using the library. Recommends measures to reduce library anxiety. Includes a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Anxiety, College Students, Computer Literacy
Rosen, Jeff; Castro, Gina M. – Computers in Libraries, 2002
Describes a Web-based information literacy tutorial, OASIS (Online Advancement of Student Information Skills), developed at San Francisco State University. Discussion includes: core competencies identified; design structure and content; planning and marketing; problems and partnerships in the pilot year of OASIS; restructuring the OASIS tutorial;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Literacy, Computer System Design, Higher Education
Xie, Hong (Iris) – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1997
Investigates the relationship between users' information-seeking goals and their information-seeking behaviors; focuses on specifying hierarchical levels of user goals. Forty users from academic, public, and special libraries participated. Analysis illustrates how changes in "interactive intentions" are related to information-seeking…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy
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Wreath, April; And Others – North Carolina Libraries, 1989
Recent forms of technology which have essentially altered the types of services that libraries can provide are discussed in five articles. The areas covered include the problematic aspects of automating reference services, a successful goal oriented approach to automating reference services, and the impact of new technologies on school media…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Literacy, Cost Effectiveness