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Peer reviewedKing, Geraldine B. – RQ, 1972
Good reference librarians need to be good interviewers. Unfortunately most librarians have not learned to use the technique of open questions to obtain information about the user and what he is looking for. Examples of open and closed questions with typical responses are given. (4 references) (DH)
Descriptors: Interviews, Libraries, Library Education, Library Services
Squire, Kurt; Steinkuehler, Constance – Library Journal, 2005
Why pay attention to games? For starters, games are the "medium of choice" for many Millennials, with broad participation among the 30 and under population. Although part of a web of new media, technology, and social shifts, games are the quintessential site for examining these changes. Game cultures feature participation in a collective…
Descriptors: Computers, Library Skills, Research Skills, Libraries
HIEBER, CAROLINE E. – 1966
TRADITIONAL METHODS OF ANALYZING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AS THEY OCCUR IN REFERENCE LIBRARIES ARE DISCUSSED AND CRITICIZED. METHODS OF EXAMINING QUESTIONS, THE QUESTION-ANSWERING PROCESS, AND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ARE EVALUATED. A PRAGMATIC SCHEME IS SUGGESTED WHICH CLASSIFIES ANSWERS BY THEIR FORMATS, DIVIDING THEM INTO EXACT-REPRODUCTION TYPE,…
Descriptors: Classification, Documentation, Information Needs, Information Services
Download full textHenning, Patricia A., Ed.; Stillman, Mary E., Ed. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1971
In the first section four articles illustrate the basic concepts of the role of the library in college instruction. The library-college movement is discussed; Swarthmore College's "Teaching Library" in particular is examined. The second section contains four articles about actively established programs in library instruction. Following…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Libraries, Libraries, Library Education
Lyda, Mary Louise; And Others – 1970
The goal of this programmed textbook is to increase efficiency in the use of the University of Colorado libraries through the aid of programmed learning techniques as a means of teaching basic library procedures. The chapters are divided into separate frames, each containing information on some aspect of library usage. These include: the public…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Science, Library Services
Corum, Edythe – 1978
One in a series of bibliographies related to rural library service, this document lists 164 entries dealing with reference services. The entries, dated from 1970 to 1978, are listed alphabetically by author with complete bibliographic information and consist primarily of national and regional library journals (nearly all published in the United…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Government Publications, Information Retrieval, Information Services
