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Kohout-Tailor, Jessica; Sheaffer, K. E. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2020
As students are asked to complete multimodal assignments in their higher education courses, librarians can guide students to the use of open educational resources (OER), as many librarians are already teaching students about copyright and how to respect intellectual property rights. Two instructional librarians designed a one-shot lesson for…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Student Empowerment, Assignments, Higher Education
Shannon, Sarah; Winterman, Brian – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2012
Primary literature is our main mode of communication in the sciences. As such, it is important for our undergraduates in the discipline to learn how to read primary literature. Incorporating primary literature into undergraduate science courses is often difficult because students are unprepared to comprehend primary articles. Learning to read and…
Descriptors: Expertise, Assignments, Scientific Methodology, Pattern Recognition
Dinkelman, Andrea L. – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2010
This article describes an analysis of course syllabi from selected courses in the biology curriculum at Iowa State University. The purpose of this research was to learn about the numbers and types of information literacy assignments given to students majoring in biology. Overall, the most common assignment type for biology majors was a lab report…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Assignments, Biology, Course Descriptions
Gilton, Donna L. – 1993
This document presents the syllabus for Library Instruction at the University of Rhode Island. The course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of bibliographic instruction and concentrates in the following areas: the history, philosophy, and structure of library education; cognitive aspects of library instruction; forms of library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Assignments, Bibliographies, Class Activities

Hanson, Michele – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1993
Discusses a composition assignment that integrates library instruction with a research assignment, thus encouraging students to take an interdisciplinary approach to their writing and thinking. (SR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Library Instruction, Library Skills
Donegan, Patricia Morris – 1989
Because reference librarians at San Antonio College (Texas) often found themselves facing the difficult situation of assisting students who were struggling with ill-conceived, faculty-designed library assignments, they developed a 2-hour workshop for faculty on the construction of course-related assignments. This collection of workshop-related…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Assignments, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education

Mosley, Pixey Anne – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
In cooperation with Texas A&M University's Center for Teaching Excellence, an interactive Library Assignment Workshop was developed to educate teaching faculty on designing effective library related assignments. Feedback from workshop attendees was positive and supported repeating the workshop several times per year, with a focus on new…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Faculty, Computer Uses in Education, Faculty Development
Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville. Mullins Library. – 1990
These instructional materials were designed for students enrolled in Communication 1313 (COMM 1313), "Fundamentals of Communication," a course required for most curricula at the University of Arkansas. They include a library guidebook ("Guide to Mullins Library" by John M. Maxstadt and others) and computer-generated assignment…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Assignments, Higher Education, Instructional Materials

Kunkel, Lilith R.; And Others – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1996
Discusses a study conducted at Kent State University's (Ohio) regional campuses that measured the basic library competencies of incoming college freshmen. Results show that the frequency of student assignments was the best predictor of scores on the test measuring library skills. Implications for bibliographic instruction are discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Assignments, Basic Skills, College Freshmen, College Libraries

Barringer, Sallie H. – Research Strategies, 1989
Discusses the importance of introducing undergraduate students of mathematics to available library materials in mathematics in order to develop a sense of the history, literature, and methods of mathematical research and inquiry. Three library based assignments that could be integrated into intermediate or advanced level mathematics courses are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Assignments, College Mathematics, Higher Education

LaGuardia, Cheryl; And Others – Research Strategies, 1993
Describes a library research skills course taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara with team teaching. Revision of a previous course is explained; course design is described; class assignments are outlined; an evaluation of the first year is discussed; and the future of the course is considered. (LRW)
Descriptors: Assignments, College Libraries, Course Evaluation, Course Organization

Abowitz, Deborah A. – Teaching Sociology, 1994
Asserts that one of the increasingly critical skills that undergraduates must master is electronic information retrieval. Maintains that sociologists can readily integrate library instruction into undergraduate courses and help develop student awareness of and ability to use the ever-growing body of library resources and information. (CFR)
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Educational Strategies, Higher Education

Diamond, Tom; McGee, Joan Espey – RQ, 1995
A review of the bibliographic instruction (BI) format for business and career information in a business writing class at Louisiana State University revealed that a new framework was needed. Problems of the current format, results of student surveys, questioning techniques, learning models, and the role of assignments were examined. The conceptual…
Descriptors: Business Education, Career Information Systems, Course Evaluation, Higher Education
South Dakota Univ., Vermillion. I.D. Weeks Library. – 1995
This document is a guide to library resources in the I. D. Weeks Library at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion. The guide was designed to accompany an academic library instruction course, "Use of Library Resources, A & S 111." The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with the facilities of the I. D. Weeks Library;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Assignments, College Students, Course Descriptions

Tierno, Mark J.; Lee, Joann H. – RQ, 1983
Describes pilot project of library research instruction introduced at Lake Forest College which focused on faculty-centered library research instruction, i.e., Department of Education faculty and instruction librarians designed library experiences integrated into course assignments. Pilot study goals and organization, research assignments, and…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Libraries, Education Courses, Formative Evaluation