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Hofer, Amy R.; Townsend, Lori; Brunetti, Korey – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2012
Librarians regularly encounter students who struggle to understand and apply information literacy concepts. A qualitative survey administered to information literacy practitioners asked about troublesome content and analyzed results using the threshold concepts pedagogical framework first described by Jan Meyer and Ray Land. A threshold concept…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Library Instruction, Academic Libraries, Library Science
BONK, WALLACE J. – 1963
THIS STUDY WAS CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEM OF DEFINING THE CONTENT OF THE CURRICULUM FOR MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS IN LIBRARY SCIENCE. THE SPECIFIC AREA EXPLORED BASIC OR INTRODUCTORY REFERENCE. THE STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO (1) OBTAIN THE JUDGMENTS OF PRACTICING REFERENCE LIBRARIANS RELATIVE TO THE USEFULNESS OF A SELECTED LIST OF BASIC REFERENCE…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Library Personnel, Library Science, Reference Materials
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Willingham, Patricia; Carder, Linda; Millson-Martula, Christopher – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2006
A brief historical overview of the library instruction scene in the United States and Canada, an analysis of library instruction conference themes, and the identification of perceptions of librarians attending the LOEX, WILU, and LOEX of the West conferences in 2000 and 2001 reveal that the border may be responsible for significant differences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Instruction, Information Literacy, Comparative Analysis