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Kvenild, Cassandra; Eastman, Teagan; Davis, Erin; Conerton, Kate – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2018
With the continued growth and evolution of distance education at many colleges and universities, academic librarians must be prepared to respond to the changing needs of distance users. This article discusses the results of a utilization assessment of distance instructors at five midsized American universities. The results inform libraries about…
Descriptors: Library Services, Distance Education, Librarians, Library Instruction
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Rempel, Hannah Gascho – College & Research Libraries, 2010
This article discusses findings from a longitudinal research study that examined the way graduate students carry out the literature review and how they were impacted by attending a library literature review workshop. The literature review research process serves as an important gateway for graduate students into their scholarly communities'…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Graduate Students, Student Research, Student Behavior
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Rempel, Hannah Gascho; Davidson, Jeanne – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2008
As future professionals, graduate students must be information literate; however, information literacy instruction of graduate students is often neglected. To address this need, we created literature review workshops to serve graduate students from a wide range of subject disciplines at a point of shared need. Not only did this strategy prove to…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Workshops, Information Literacy, Library Services
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McMillen, Paula; Deitering, Anne-Marie – Public Services Quarterly, 2007
Since 2001, librarians at Oregon State University's Valley Library have been working to build a "teaching library" supported by a clearly articulated instruction program. From the start, we believed that we needed to assess the teaching library's impact, not only to determine the success or failure of our efforts but also to demonstrate…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Teaching Methods
Lathrop, Ann; May, Curtis – ELECTRONIC Learning, 1983
Examines how school libraries are using the microcomputer as educational media (computer-assisted instruction, educational games) and library management tools (database management systems and word processing). Four innovative programs in Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois, and Oregon are profiled. Additional resources on microcomputer applications and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
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McMillen, Paula S.; Hill, Eric – Research Strategies, 2004
Ongoing discussion between the Oregon State University (OSU) libraries' acting instruction coordinator and the Assistant Composition Coordinator focuses on improving collaboration between our programs and more effectively integrating the research process into the English composition curriculum. We briefly describe a qualitative analysis of the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Freshman Composition, Library Instruction, Integrated Curriculum