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Ewert, Gisela – Research Strategies, 1986
Traces selected instances of bibliographic instruction from the mid-17th to the end of the 19th century and puts them into a political context from a Communist viewpoint. Libraries are shown to be part of the class struggle, and to exist by order of and as enablers of the state. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Communism, European History, Foreign Countries, Library Instruction
Hawkins, Nancye, Ed. – 1987
This booklet provides a framework within which information skills may be taught. Four broad categories of information skills--identifying and locating information sources, information intake, organizing information, and communicating information--are described. The development of an information skills policy which includes a sequential list of…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Gray, John, Ed. – 1986
This seminar addressed various aspects of the provision of library and other services to external students. Resolutions carried at the end of the seminar are noted, and the full text is provided for the opening address, which summarizes the activities of the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission Standing Committee on External Studies, and the…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Developed Nations, Distance Education, Foreign Countries

Brundin, Robert E. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1985
Explores reasons for lack of attention in library school curricula to education for bibliographic instruction in libraries and presents brief overview of instructional program at Faculty of Library Science, University of Alberta, Canada. Developments in education for bibliographic instruction and possible solutions to problem areas are covered.…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Design

Bruce, C. S.; Brameld, G. H. – Higher Education Research and Development, 1990
A library instruction program has been instituted in civil engineering at the Queensland University of Technology (Australia) in an effort to improve the research skills of fourth year students working on research projects. Students with extended library instruction were found to have better information-seeking behavior than others. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Civil Engineering, College Seniors, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
Voluntary Services Overseas, Castries (St. Lucia). – 1994
This resource guide contains worksheets and ideas that can be used to promote reading and library use in a school library setting. The pack provides a framework around which a program of library and information skills training can be built, and suggests activities for reinforcing the lessons learned at each stage of the process. Many of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Skills, Library Instruction
Oberhauser, O. – 1983
In order to evaluate its library instruction program, a postal survey was conducted of students who participated in library orientation courses at the Technische Universitaet Wien (Technical University of Vienna) in Austria during the winter term of 1982/83. The orientation courses consisted of a 1-hour lecture on use of the library and a library…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Course Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Burnheim, Robert – 1991
The adoption of the competency-based training (CBT) style of curriculum delivery in the TAFE (Technical and Further Education) program in Queensland, Australia is presenting libraries with the challenge of providing reader education services appropriate to this mode of education. Information competencies should be included in the recast…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Competency Based Education, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development
Champion, Brian – 1986
In response to requests from the University of Alberta Department of Computing Services for PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations) applications in structured learning situations, a program for computer-assisted bibliographic instruction (BI) was developed. The program is divided into the following six units: (1) Introduction;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 1991
Intended for use by both teachers and teacher-librarians, this guide for teaching library and information skills presents a five-step model for the research process: (1) planning the research project; (2) searching for relevant information; (3) selecting and evaluating the information found as it relates to the project; (4) presenting the results;…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education

Binkley, R. David; Parrott, James R. – Information Services and Use, 1987
Describes a computerized reference and bibliographic instruction system currently under development at the University of Waterloo Library. The functions of the system, which will include query negotiation, suggestions for research strategies, referral to appropriate reference materials, information on library services and locations, and library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Expert Systems, Foreign Countries
Winnipeg School Div. Number 1, Manitoba (Canada). – 1990
This guide was developed to assist teachers and media staff in Winnipeg, Manitoba to work together to plan programs that help students develop independent, resource-based learning skills. The first section of the guide describes how library research projects can be used to teach independent learning skills. The guide discusses opportunities for…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comprehension, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Discussion Groups
Garner, Imogen, Comp.; And Others – 1986
Because the teacher librarian has an important educational role to play in assisting students to become independent learners by applying the inquiry process to library research, this booklet has been designed to assist teacher librarians in teaching students the information skills appropriate to stage three of the inquiry process, i.e., analyzing…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluative Thinking, Foreign Countries, Information Seeking
Mealy, Virginia; And Others – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1987
Three articles describe methods for teaching library skills. The first presents a song used to teach students the Dewey Decimal system; the second describes a reading program incorporating Halloween and foreign countries; and the third includes short poems designed to teach students to care for library books properly. (CLB)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Elementary Education
Oberhauser, Otto – 1986
This report summarizes the experience of the university library of the Technische Universitat Wien (University of Technology, Vienna, Austria) in offering one-hour orientation lectures, including guided tours of the library, to groups (up to 15) of new library users at the beginning of each winter term for the past six years. The design of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Course Content, Course Objectives, Developed Nations