To integrate the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education into their professional practice, librarians are called upon to address both the cognitive and emotional aspects of their learners. The Framework does not provide prescriptive details for its own deployment, so it is up to individuals, departments, or entire libraries to…

This review of 64 recent works concerning research in library instruction at the college level attempts to place this research in the larger context of learning outcomes and instructional approaches for undergraduates teaching in general. A live lecturer presenting subject overviews to large audiences, small student-centered discussion groups, and…

Describes library orientation programs that have been developed for international students at Rutgers University in English, Chinese, and Korean. Learning objectives are explained; results of pretests and posttests are reported; and the need for library instruction in the native languages of international students is discussed. (six references)…

This document presents the syllabus, lecture outlines, student assignments, and special guest lectures for a course offered for the second time at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science during summer semester 1985. The course was designed to provide graduate students with the theoretical…

Describes a method of developing user-based objectives for bibliographic instruction that utilizes content analysis to code self-reports by library users according to a taxonomy of library speech acts in the affective, cognitive, and sensorimotor domains. Analysis of one student's library reports and translation of the analysis into enabling…

Discusses self-instructional programs on library use in large academic libraries and recommends including opportunities for face-to-face interaction with subject specialist librarians. Topics include behavioral objectives; experiences at Brigham Young University; the use of Web sites; distance learning; electronic classrooms; and theories of…

This library instruction statement is designed to help the Northern Illinois University (NIU) Libraries meet the information needs of the students, faculty, and community. Objectives designed to reflect the general goals of the NIU library instruction program include increasing university and community awareness of the library as an educational,…

An assessment of the effectiveness of the integrated library instruction program developed at the University of Evansville and a review of the activities of the 5-year federally funded project are provided in this final narrative report. Special attention is given to the institution of a new required composition course which will focus on the…

Describes Project FORE (Focus on Research and Evaluation), a hypermedia program developed at Utah State University for library use instruction. Topics discussed include guidelines for designing instructional courseware, lesson objectives, recall of prior learning, feedback, enhancing retention and transfer of learning, visual design, learner…