Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that programs and services be accessible to people with disabilities. While schools of library and information science (SLIS*) and university libraries should model accessible Web sites, this may not be the case. This article examines previous studies about the Web accessibility of…

The current research aims to explore and analyze the application and use of a wiki in a knowledge management academic course. The research will focus on the level of collaboration among students and on the kind of interaction that takes place during the learning process. The population of this study was composed of wiki pages gathered from a…

This article serves as an introduction to the Classroom Teaching'' section of the journal and, as such, gives an overview of the articles included in the section. (3 references) (NH)

The emphasis of this article aimed at helping the librarian in the classroom is on preparation. To be prepared to teach, the librarian must blend the information gained from a faculty interview with insights gleaned from daily contact with students. (Author/NH)

The observations about the nature of learning and the role of the teacher in furthering or hindering students' efforts to accomplish it which are expressed in this article may cause both novice and old hand to re-examine their understandings of the teaching-learning process. (11 references) (Author/NH)

Discusses the concept of information literacy and its target audience of library users. Topics discussed include the relationship of information literacy to bibliographic instruction (BI) and other library instruction; the role of librarians; terminology problems in librarianship; and the effects of information literacy on the value of information…

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…

This series of articles approaches the major issues in academic libraries including faculty status for librarians, mass instruction method for teaching library skills, performance appraisal for librarians, and the controversy as to a research requirement for all librarians. (JAB)

The basic problem of this study was to develop a method for increasing the efficiency of the instructional process at the introductory level. The experiment compared two methods for doing the outside of class assignments in support of a course in library science instruction. The plan called for the control groups to do the outside assignments in…

To design and effectively employ media materials, a librarian must first understand the individual needs of his students. When the librarian has analyzed what the learner knows, and how he learns, he can then proceed with the development of a learning strategy. (Author/NH)

The objective of this article is to discuss the feasibility of employing an instructional design model which will guarantee statistically valid programs that contain a high level of learning. Reference is made to programs developed at the Clark Library at Brigham Young University where such a model has been developed. (3 references) (Author/NH)

Described is the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) used at the University of Texas School of Library Science. (2 references) (SJ)

Experimenting, innovating and reforming are required to make the library school curriculum appealing to today's library school student. (Author/AB)

Point-of-use library instruction consists of a series of short audio-visual programs, each limited to discussing a specific reference source and each located next to the source which it discussed. (NH)