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The Practice and Promise of Critical Information Literacy: Academic Librarians' Involvement in Critical Library Instruction
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Tewell, Eamon C. – College & Research Libraries, 2018
Critical information literacy is a way of thinking and teaching that examines the social construction and political dimensions of libraries and information, problematizing information's production and use so that library users may think critically about such forces. Being an educational approach that acknowledges and emboldens learners' agency,…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Library Instruction
Assessment Information and the Library: The Case of a Multi-Site, Multi-Client Service.
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Bunda, Mary Anne – 1992
Most institutions of higher education have a mission that specifically addresses three areas: instruction, research, and service. The repertoire of activities and the complexity of the goals of the University Library mirror the goals of the institution, the academic units, and the faculty. The clients of the library are the students, the faculty,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Dissemination and Use of Information by Psychology Faculty and Graduate Students: Implications for Bibliographic Instruction.
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Thaxton, Lyn – Research Strategies, 1985
Reports study of communication patterns of students and faculty in Psychology department at Georgia State University. Topics covered include pertinence of Garvey's model of information dissemination, methods of information exchange, practicing clinicians and research, research requirements for students, library use among graduate students, and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Communication (Thought Transfer), Graduate Students, Higher Education
Student Attitudes toward Bibliographic Instruction.
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Damko, Ellen E. – 1990
This study was designed to determine what value, if any, college students place upon library use instruction. A survey conducted on a random sample of college and university students working at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio, during the summer of 1990 was designed to determine the type and amount of library instruction each student…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Information Literacy
Retrieval of Selected Serial Citations: An Analysis through User Interviews.
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Smith, Rita H.; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1989
Describes a study that sought to identify successful and unsuccessful search patterns for known-item serial literature. The results indicate that multiple factors contribute to an unsuccessful outcome. Information gathered through in-depth interviews is used to suggest further evaluation and development of public access to serials holdings and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Higher Education, Interviews
Librarian Attitudes toward the Use of a Self-Paced BI Program.
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Manzari, Laura; McCartney, Ellen – Research Strategies, 1994
Describes a study conducted at the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University (New York) that measured librarians' opinions of and attitudes toward a self-paced bibliographic instruction workbook. Survey results were compared for librarians who used the self-paced approach and those who followed a traditional approach. (Contains six references.)…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Conventional Instruction, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing