The University of Florida is a large research institution with a freshman class of more than seven thousand students out of a total enrollment of about fifty thousand. Although a partnership with the University Writing Program has allowed the Libraries to reach almost four thousand students this past academic year, certain barriers still exist.…

Pedagogical research and empirical studies show that student learning is encouraged by a number of general characteristics displayed by teachers (Ramsden, 1992). One of them is enthusiasm for the subject and for teaching it. User-education in research libraries is often highly repetitive and contact time with students is limited. So the question…

Presents a systematic method for preparing and presenting bibliographic instruction effectively and efficiently in academic libraries. Topics covered include the needs of learners, learning objectives, subject content, teaching methods, evaluation of the learning process, and instructional design models. (10 references) (Author/CLB)