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Zhiyong Qiu; Yingjin Cui – SAGE Open, 2024
Faced the vast amount of information, choosing the appropriate materials is a prerequisite for effective self-directed learning. The recommendation algorithm is a kind of intelligent technology that can accurately locate the required information which the users care about most. However, many recommendation techniques experience can not be trained…
Descriptors: College Students, Independent Study, Self Control, Library Materials
Pittaway, Sarah – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2019
The learner journey is here defined as the study, information, and research skills that a student brings to university with them and develops throughout the course of their degree program. Research on academics' perceptions, expectations, and assumptions regarding the learner journey was conducted via semistructured interviews, in order to…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Learning Processes, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Educational Research
Knapp, Patricia B. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: College Libraries, Educational Improvement, Independent Study, Library Instruction
Blake, Fay M. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1971
The college library needs to broaden its collection concept to include the generic book just as college instruction needs to broaden, or discard, the lecture-textbook method of teaching. But even with substantial revision it seems doubtful that the Library-College can become a functioning reality. (25 references) (Author)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Educational Improvement, Independent Study, Librarians
Bechtel, Joan M. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1971
Through the teaching of library skills the student is presented with the tools that will permit him to gain independence in learning, intellectual initiative and true creativity which is grounded in that which has gone before. (30 references) (Author)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Educational Improvement, Independent Study, Librarians
Williamson, John G. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1971
The goal of the teaching library is to extend faculty-centered, discipline-oriented studies to include development of research ability and bibliographic sophistication to levels not normally achieved by undergraduates. (14 references) (Author)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Educational Improvement, Independent Study, Librarians
Ready, Sandra K. – 1978
The purpose of this study was to design, construct, and evaluate a self-instructional program of study for basic bibliographic research skills at Mankato State University Memorial Library, allowing for flexibility of time scheduling and previously acquired library skills. An existing syllabus for teaching the use of media resources and services at…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Autoinstructional Aids, Field Studies, Independent Study
Duvall, Scott H. – 1975
In a study conducted to compare the results of two methods of instruction for the use of periodical, book, and newspaper indexes, the traditional lecture approach and self-study guide were investigated. Two library science classes were divided into two groups, and then divided further according to sex and class status. A self-study guide was…
Descriptors: Guides, Higher Education, Independent Study, Indexes
Roberts, Benjamin S. – Library College Journal, 1971
Objectives established for this program, such as organization of logical thought and development of initiative in independent study, seem to be more readily obtainable in the cultural ambience of the library than in the classroom. (Author)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Educational Environment, Independent Study, Instructional Programs
Sullivan, Peggy – 1984
The easiest link for libraries to establish in relation to the learning society is the direct managerial link that many have with educational institutions. Libraries in schools, colleges, and universities of all kinds are significant parts of the education enterprise. They become more so when the emphasis of education shifts to independent…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Delivery Systems, Independent Study, Library Cooperation
Howze, Philip C.; And Others – 1996
This document is a library instruction manual for an introductory course on library research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The assignments provided are intended for independent study; a syllabus is included for the 7-week course. The manual is divided into seven sections. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the library system, services, and…
Descriptors: Assignments, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Databases
National Coll. of Education, Evanston, IL. – 1982
This self-instructional library module is the textbook used in a 4-hour library instruction course for field-based students of the National College of Education. The field program involves instruction sessions in local libraries, instructor-assisted online reference searching, and document delivery to field-based students working on a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, Check Lists, External Degree Programs