The aim of this research is to develop and validate a scale for the evaluation of medical students' information literacy self-efficacy beliefs, as this plays a crucial role in the development of lifelong learning objectives. Curriculum developers and medical educators need to have a good understanding of information literacy in order to decide…

Higher education institutions increasingly utilize learning management systems (LMS) to teach courses and programs in hybrid or online-only formats. Providing information literacy instruction in these emerging digital environments poses challenges to librarians as the delivery of instruction requires familiarity with navigating an LMS and…

Experimenting, innovating and reforming are required to make the library school curriculum appealing to today's library school student. (Author/AB)

Experience at the reference desk motivated this librarian to redesign a library skills course to meet the basic and practical needs of undergraduates. Activity-based rather than conceptual, this "crash library survival course" resulted in increased student success and enthusiasm. (EA)

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…

Discussion of the impact of information literacy programs on student learning focuses on a study in a Sydney (Australia) high school that tested the assumption that information skills instruction, integrated into the science curriculum, contributed to student achievement as well as to overall student attitudes and motivation. (13 references) (LRW)

Describes the development of a team-teaching approach to course-integrated bibliographic instruction between a marketing professor and a government documents librarian. A profile of the workshops that each focus on possible real-world scenarios is included, and results of students' evaluations are discussed. (LRW)