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Doskatsch, Irene – Reference Services Review, 2003
Examines the faculty-librarian relationship, explores the contentious territories of professional credibility and identity, and analyzes changes in Australian higher education that impact the educational role of librarians related to information literacy. Discusses attitudes of faculty toward collaboration with librarians and how well prepared…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Literacy
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Rader, Hannelore B. – Reference Services Review, 1990
Provides an annotated list of materials published in 1989 that deal with orientation to library facilities and services; instruction in the use of information resources; and research and computer skills related to retrieving, using, and evaluating information. Publications on user instruction in academic, public, school, and special libraries are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Mardikian, Jackie; Kessleman, Martin – Reference Services Review, 1995
Libraries are moving to an environment where information resources are located worldwide and can be accessed from remote locations. Librarians need to free themselves from the constraints of the reference desk. Implementing a hierarchical model with a mix of librarian and nonlibrarian staffing can improve user services. (JMV)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)
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Johnson, Anna Marie; Rader, Hannelore B. – Reference Services Review, 2002
Presents a bibliography of literature published during 2001 relating to library instruction and information literacy, the majority of which dealt with the implementation of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) standards for information literacy in higher education. Also includes school libraries, public libraries, special…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Information Literacy
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Vassiliadis, Kim; Stimatz, Lisa R. – Reference Services Review, 2002
Highlights the role that instruction librarians need to play in assessing and creating usable Web sites, based on experiences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). Discusses the importance of needs assessment to determine instructional issues and outlines the Web site redesign process currently underway at UNC, including…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Role
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Wood, Elizabeth H. – Reference Services Review, 1989
Describes a workshop for teaching library users how to manage reprint files which was developed at the University of Southern California Norris Medical Library. Software programs designed for this purpose are suggested, and a sidebar lists software features to consider. (eight references) (MES)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Database Management Systems, Evaluation Criteria, Library Instruction
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Rader, Hannelore B. – Reference Services Review, 1991
This annotated bibliography includes materials in English published in 1990 that deal with information literacy, including instruction in the use of information resources; research; and computer skills related to retrieving, using, and evaluating information. Publications on user instruction are included for all types of libraries and for all…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
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Rettig, James – Reference Services Review, 1995
The future role, scope, and nature of bibliographic instruction (BI) and reference services at academic libraries is unresolved. Both have felt internal pressures and challenges during the past decade. It is suggested that BI and reference share tasks and become a single service. (92 references) (Author/DGM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Conflict, Futures (of Society)
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Jacobson, Frances F. – Reference Services Review, 1988
Discusses the necessity of incorporating bibliographic instruction courses into the curriculum of teacher preparation programs and reviews the literature in this area. A unit which introduces elementary education majors to school library services as a part of a required children's literature course at Western State College of Colorado is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Skills, Preservice Teacher Education
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Knight, Lorrie A. – Reference Services Review, 2002
Discusses the process that University of the Pacific Library developed to assess the impact of classroom and online bibliographic instruction on first-year students' information skills and self-confidence. Describes the planning process, selection of different types of assessment devices, and the results of their implementation. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Freshmen, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
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Engeldinger, Eugene A. – Reference Services Review, 1988
Describes an instructional model for teaching library skills which consists of a 30-minute lecture followed by a 20-minute exercise. Assumptions about learning and the educational process are discussed as well as goal-setting for the class and exercise. It is suggested that this format could be applied to other disciplines. (10 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Learning Processes
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Du Mont, Mary J.; Schloman, Barbara F. – Reference Services Review, 1995
As a result of a survey and cost analysis, it was found that audiotaped tour programs are the most successful means for introducing college freshmen to library physical layout and basic finding tools. This is proof of the continuing feasibility of the audiotaped tour's role as a foundation of library instruction. (JMV)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Aids, College Freshmen
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Jesudason, Melba – Reference Services Review, 1989
Explains the basic requirements of Proposition 48 and discusses why college student-athletes are an important target for library user education, and how libraries can help student-athletes maintain their eligibility. A library user education module for student-athletes developed at the University of Wisconsin at Madison is described. (20…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Athletes, Athletics, College Admission
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Tomaiuolo, Nicholas G. – Reference Services Review, 1990
Reviews research that indicates that effective adult education should focus on the immediate needs of the student and applies those findings to library instruction. Suggestions for instructional approaches that stress the practical aspects of library instruction and address the special needs of adult reentry students are offered. (21 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adult Students, Higher Education, Instructional Design
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Julien, Heidi; Boon, Stuart – Reference Services Review, 2002
Reports on data from an ongoing study of information literacy and bibliographic instruction in Canadian academic libraries whose goal is to identify instructional outcomes and characterize successful instruction. Focuses on the current practices of librarian-instructors teaching bibliographic instruction in Canada and suggests implications for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
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