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You Have One Hour: Developing a Standardized Library Orientation and Evaluating Student Learning
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Brown, Elizabeth – Education Libraries, 2017
Library orientations continue to excite, or plague, instruction librarians everywhere. Reaching first year students early can preempt academic heartache and research woes, yet the question of "what students really need" continues to evolve. This article presents a case study of a large-scale implementation of library orientations. The…
Descriptors: Library Orientation, Case Studies, Student Attitudes, Interdisciplinary Approach
Library Service Enhancement Program, 1976-1977. Presbyterian College Library.
Presbyterian Coll., Clinton, SC. Library. – 1977
This document contains the program proposal, interim reports, and final report of the program evaluation for a program of bibliographic instruction which is part of the curriculum, and taught by faculty working with librarians at Presbyterian College. Objectives were based around three assumptions: (1) a close working relationship with faculty is…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, College Libraries, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement
Self-Paced Instructional Packages on Utilizing Library Resources. Final Report.
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Howison, Beulah; And Others – 1974
A project was undertaken by the University of Wisconsin library staff to educate freshmen and transfer students in the resources of the library and resource use. Visually appealing library instructional packets were produced in several media formats to achieve this aim. They were in two forms: a minipacket for quick help in finding library…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, College Libraries, Curriculum Development, Instructional Design
May I Introduce You: Teaching Culturally Diverse End-Users through Everyday Information Seeking Experiences.
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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
Information Literacy at Universities: Challenges and Solutions.
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Wiggins, Marvin E. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1992
The challenge of bringing information literacy to university students is greater than at small colleges. A survey of librarians at large universities revealed unique problems and instructional solutions. The Brigham Young University (Utah) program, in which information literacy is integrated into every academic division, offers one example. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Role, College Students, Curriculum Development
Bibliographic Instruction Committee Report.
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Fast, Margaret; And Others – 1992
The Bibliographic Instruction Committee of the Wichita State (Kansas) University Libraries recommended changes to improve the current bibliographic instruction program for lower division undergraduates. The shortcomings of the current program, one class period in a required English course, were analyzed; and suggestions were made to improve the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Bibliographies, College Faculty, College Libraries