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Providing Library Instruction to Graduate Students: A Review of the Literature
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Blummer, Barbara – Public Services Quarterly, 2009
This paper traces library instructional programs available to graduate students in academic institutions in North America from the late 1950s to the present. Three chronological perspectives provide the framework for this analysis. The first includes programs from 1958 to 1989 that offered traditional bibliographic instruction of print resources…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Printed Materials, Lifelong Learning, Information Literacy
Bibliographic Instructional Design: A Case Study.
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Johnson, Wendell G.; Burke, Adam; Evans, Barbara – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2001
Describes the basic elements of instructional design: (1) assessing needs; (2) defining goals; (3) selecting formats and materials; (4) devising test and evaluation procedures; (5) constructing and teaching a prototype; (6) analyzing and evaluating the results; and (7) revising the instruction and recycling. Demonstrates integration of online…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, Community Colleges
New Dimensions for the Online Catalog: The Dartmouth College Library Experience [and] TOC/DOC at Caltech: Evolution of Citation Access Online [and] Locally Loaded Databases in Arizona State University's Online Catalog Using the CARL System.
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Klemperer, Katharina; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989
Each of three articles describes an academic library's online catalog that includes locally created databases. Topics covered include database and software selection; systems design and development; database producer negotiations; problems encountered during implementation; database loading; training and documentation; and future plans. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Database Producers
Taking It to the Streets: Mobile CD-ROM Workshops on Campus.
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Parker-Gibson, Necia – Research Strategies, 1994
Librarians at the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) offer CD-ROM database and online catalog training using a portable unit composed of a laptop computer, modem, LCD panel, and overhead projector. This unit allows librarians to make presentations to large groups and to demonstrate to faculty and students the relevancy of library technology.…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Strategies
Library Dream Machines: Helping Students Master Super Online Catalogs.
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Webb, T. D. – Community College Journal, 1992
Describes how automation has transformed the library and how super-catalogs have affected the process of doing research. Explains how faculty and librarians can work together to help students to use the available databases effectively, by teaching them Boolean logic, standard record formats, filing rules, etc. (DMM)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, College Faculty, College Libraries, Community Colleges
Enhancing Access to Information: Designing Catalogs for the 21st Century.
Tyckoson, David A., Ed. – 1991
This book addresses the problem of when a library has limited catalog access, and explores various technological methods to expand the catalog beyond its traditional boundaries. Fourteen chapters describe catalog projects in individual libraries: (1) "Enhancing Access to Information: Building Catalogs for the Future" (David A. Tyckoson);…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records