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Blakely, Florence – RQ, 1971
Reference librarians must, if they hope to survive, retool in preparation for becoming the interface between the patron and computer-based information systems. This involves sharpening the interview technique and understanding where to plug into the information flow process. (4 references) (Author)
Descriptors: Library Automation, Library Collections, Library Instruction, Library Services
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Butterfield, Mary Bolner – RQ, 1973
A cooperative effort, Project LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange), designed to exchange ideas and information relating to orientation and instruction in academic libraries is discussed. (Author/SJ)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Cooperation, Library Instruction, Library Services
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Coleman, Kathleen; Margutti, Elizabeth – RQ, 1977
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Education, Library Instruction, Library Services
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Harris, Roma M. – RQ, 1989
Describes a survey of public librarians that examined their understanding and use of bibliographic instruction and their beliefs about the role of instruction in reference services. No consensus was found, but respondents' views seemed to be mediated by training in bibliographic instruction, library size, and the library's policy on user…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Library Education, Library Instruction, Library Policy
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Lubans, John, Jr. – RQ, 1981
Refutes several popular but ill-founded arguments against user education for public library patrons to suggest that the only real issue is the extent of library involvement. This adaptation from a soon-to-be-published book on library user education includes seven references. (RAA)
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Library Instruction, Library Role, Library Services
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Blazek, Ron – RQ, 1985
Examines the commitment to bibliographic instruction in academic research libraries by comparing the existing instructional practices, clienteles, staff involvement, and support structure in those libraries having bibliographic instruction coordinators with those in which the instructional programs are still managed directly by reference…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
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Beede, Benjamin; Sadow, Sandra – RQ, 1973
Librarians at Rutgers Law Library developed new programs of assistance to students which included: individualized instruction; inclusion of library information materials in registration packets; tours, workshops for introductory classes, printed guides; one-time classes on various subjects; and a newsletter. (LS)
Descriptors: Law Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Services, Library Skills
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Paterson, Ellen R. – RQ, 1978
A survey of students' knowledge of the library should be a prerequisite for the design of library instruction programs. (JAB)
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Students, Library Instruction, Library Skills
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Hutchinson, Harold; Kibbey, Ray Anne – RQ, 1972
The library education program used to indoctrinate the large student body at the University of South Florida is discussed. (NH)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Information Sources, Library Guides, Library Instruction
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Kibbey, Ray Anne; Weiner, Anthony M. – RQ, 1973
University of South Florida librarians developed 1) a library lecture series in which presentations were faculty-initiated and tailored to each situation; and 2) a course to help students develop library skills. A computer analysis of library statistics showed increased student library use since the course has been given. (LS)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Evaluation, Lecture Method, Library Instruction
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Lubans, John, Jr. – RQ, 1980
Discusses the role of college libraries in the teaching of library skills to undergraduates, and describes a program in which an English department cooperated with library staff in sharing the responsibility for instruction. (FM)
Descriptors: College Libraries, English Departments, Library Instruction, Library Role
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Stoffle, Carla J.; Bonn, Gabriella – RQ, 1973
A Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians workshop produced this inventory of library orientation and instruction methods. It covers program development; orientation methods; instruction methods such as classes, point-of-use methods, handbooks and guides; and programmed or computer assisted instruction, and evaluation. (LS)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Skills, Program Development
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Kok, Victoria T.; Pierce, Anton B. – RQ, 1982
Findings of a survey of the level of reference service requested at service points conducted at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University indicate that, while 20.5 percent of 14,026 questions recorded fall in the reference category, only 0.7 percent required research by professional librarians. Models of reference desk service and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Library Instruction
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Lubans, John, Jr. – RQ, 1980
This new column discusses the need for gaining administrative and academic support for library instruction programs to improve "library literacy," i.e., the learning of the basic skills for finding information, and summarizes the findings of a five-year experiment at the University of Colorado to improve/increase faculty and student…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Libraries, College Students, Library Administration
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Thompson, Dorothea M.; And Others – RQ, 1994
Assessed library instruction initiatives with respect to OPACs by surveying 414 academic, public, school, and special libraries. Most participants' libraries have modified library OPAC software; librarians continue to teach use of the online catalog; few systems have built-in tutorials; and few have computer-assisted instruction. (Author/JKP)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Assisted Instruction, Information Services
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