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Iguehi Joy Ikenwe; Afebuameh James Aiyebelehin – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2024
Although many Nigerian universities are making efforts to provide access to digital library resources, the level of utilization of these resources have not been encouraging due to several factors. Information literacy has been identified as a major factor when considering the factors that enhance use of digital resources. In view of this, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Library Materials
Slavin, Laura C. – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2015
In this article, a librarian at Lincoln Memorial University creates library services for an MBA program offered entirely online that is in the early stages of development. The library services include a subject guide and 4 tutorials that will be added to the MBA online orientation. Other services include offering online office hours and…
Descriptors: Library Services, Business Administration Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Library Development
Francis, Mary – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2012
This paper will look at the services presently offered to distance students by libraries within the categories of professional staff, access to resources, reference assistance, and library user instruction. It will then offer the argument that these services could be improved by developing embedded librarians within online academic courses as a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Andragogy, Educational Theories, Academic Libraries
Mestre, Lori S.; Baures, Lisa; Niedbala, Mona; Bishop, Corinne; Cantrell, Sarah; Perez, Alice; Silfen, Kate – College & Research Libraries, 2011
Based on information gathered from two discussion sessions moderated by members of the Education and Behavioral Sciences Section's Online Learning Research Committee a survey was conducted to identify how librarians use course/learning management systems and learning objects to deliver instruction. Objectives of the study were to identify the…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Online Courses, Librarian Attitudes, Librarians
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
Higgins, Wanda – Book Report, 1999
Offers suggestions to make high school libraries more appealing to students, based on results of a student survey. Highlights include comfortable furniture; decorated walls; community information; limiting rules, including the amount of noise allowed; friendly staff; longer hours; more varied programs, including outside speakers; orientation…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Furniture, High School Students
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, London (England). – 1992
Four papers prepared under the Robert Vosper Fellowship Program of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and delivered at the 1992 annual meeting are presented. "International Cooperation in the Field of Name Authority Data: Observations and Recommendations" (Francoise Bourdon) presents an early…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Fellowships

Farmer, Lesley S. J. – Catholic Library World, 1994
Describes the HyperCard Library Instruction Project (CLIP) and the research upon which it is based. Findings of research of HyperCard instruction with secondary students and a description of ways to use HyperCard instruction are presented. A sidebar article describes the California-based CLIP program and the HyperCard modules the organization is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Software Development
Neuman, Delia, Ed.; And Others – School Library Media Quarterly, 1996
Outlines the cognitive theories influencing the Science Library Catalog's (SLC) design; describes the catalog itself; explains research based on the SLC; and discusses research results, emphasizing findings that are most relevant to school library media specialists developing children's information skills. An annotated bibliography of 14 related…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Behavior Theories, Children, Cognitive Processes
Maina, Faith; Shaffer, Barbara – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2006
Recent explosion of online teaching has brought unique challenges for libraries as they strive to provide access to necessary resources and services for distance learners. These challenges are increased by the desire to provide the same level of library services to distance learners as to their on-campus counterparts. In response, many libraries…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Educational Research, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Potter, William Gray; Cook, Colleen; Kyrillidou, Martha – Association of Research Libraries, 2011
The current ARL report summarizes a multi-year effort that captures evidence in the form of narrative profiles as it delivers the message of the value and contributions of research libraries during transformative times. When ARL library directors were interviewed in 2005 and asked to describe a research library in the 21st century, there was…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Library Role, Profiles, Statistics

Winter, Michael F. – Library Quarterly, 1994
Discusses a scholar's reactions to libraries made by Umberto Eco in "De Biblioteca." Topics addressed include functions of libraries, including collecting; accessibility of materials; the scholar's creative use of libraries, and discovering materials not looked for or known about; North American research libraries; photocopying; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Creativity, Libraries, Library Collections
Wang, Yu-Mei – International Journal on E-Learning, 2007
This study investigated university student information literacy skills benchmarked by the Association of College and Research Libraries: (a) determine the extent of information needed, (b) access the needed information effectively and efficiently, (c) evaluate information and its sources critically, (d) understand the economic, legal, and social…
Descriptors: Internet, Urban Universities, Research Libraries, Information Skills
Price, Anne J. – 1987
Based on the Survey of Scholars conducted by the American Council of Learned Societies' Office of Scholarly Communication and Technology, this report examines the need for better two-way communication between libraries and scholars as a means of easing the transition to the use of today's new and diverse information resources. A concise summary…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, College Faculty, Communication (Thought Transfer)

Barnes, Susan J.; And Others – Library Hi Tech, 1994
Discusses the development of electronic libraries at Cornell University's (New York) Mann Library and elsewhere and presents an overview of changes in services and staff responsibilities needed to address user needs. Sidebar articles discuss Internet access to government information; changing staff roles; geographic information systems; the Mann…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Change Strategies, Databases
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