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Peer reviewedClever, Elaine Cox; Dillard, David P. – Information Services and Use, 1991
Considers the success and satisfaction of end users' searches on CD-ROM systems. Topics discussed include introductory training lessons; the selection of appropriate databases; search strategies; and implications for the role of library staff and for staffing patterns. Examples of end-user search techniques and common errors are included. (11…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Error Patterns, Higher Education
Grassian, Esther S.; Kaplowitz, Joan R. – 2001
This book discusses the theory and practice of information literacy instruction. Part I provides background, including the definition and history of information literacy instruction. Part II covers information literacy instruction building blocks, including: a brief introduction to learning theory; an overview of learning styles; library anxiety,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedManzari, Laura – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
Discusses library instruction in the use of CD-ROMs and describes results of a survey of CD-ROM users at C.W. Post College (NY), including characteristics of CD-ROM users, evaluating searches, advanced search techniques, learning and using the system, and changes in CD-ROM users from 1992 to 1996. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Download full textKratzert, Mona Y. – 1989
The implementation of a wide range of CD-ROM services in the California State University (Fullerton) libraries is described in this report. The three-part CD-ROM "Master Plan" outlines the library's fundamental technological goals--i.e., to offer university-level technologies, to develop a CD-ROM end-user facility with ample resources and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Bibliographic Databases, Information Retrieval, Library Automation
Safford, Barbara Ripp – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1994
Discusses the use of encyclopedias by students and considers the role of the library media specialist in teaching appropriate encyclopedia use. Topics addressed include problems with plagiarism; the need to improve assignments; the information seeking process; becoming critical users of information; and the quality of information sources. (three…
Descriptors: Criticism, Elementary Secondary Education, Encyclopedias, Information Seeking
Shaw, Suzanne J. – 1989
This document reports the results of a follow-up survey of 34 Association of Research Libraries member libraries which was conducted in 1989 to measure changes that had taken place in the administration of computer files (CF)--previously referred to as machine readable data files--since the original survey in 1984. It is noted that this survey…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Information Management, Information Retrieval
Hammond, Carol, Ed. – 1990
Five of the seven papers in this collection focus on the use of technology for information retrieval and resource sharing: (1) "Teaching Students How To Search Bibliographic Retrieval Systems: The Unit Record Approach" (George Bell); (2) "The Online Catalog and Bibliographic Databases as Shared Resources: The Impact and Issues of Networking a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSwan, John; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1992
Three articles discuss the issue of the mediator's role in the library of the electronic age. Topics addressed include computer-assisted instruction; online catalogs; computer networks; professional identity; reference service and bibliographic instruction; CD-ROMs; online systems; personal home microcomputers; Internet and list servers;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Librarians
Peer reviewedBurrow, Gale; Gunter, Linda – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1994
Describes the role of libraries at Claremont Colleges (California) in implementing a CD-ROM local area network to increase use of electronic databases. Highlights include grant funding; hardware; software; user education for faculty and students; future plans; and impact of the new technology on interlibrary loan, document delivery, and reference…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Software, Databases, Futures (of Society)
Merriam, Joyce – 1988
Two activities were undertaken for this examination of the growing potential of school library media programs to promote the development of higher levels of information literacy in college-bound students. First, visits were made to 30 high schools in Massachusetts which differed in their library programs as well as in a wide range of quantitative…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Computer Literacy, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedAdams, Helen – Emergency Librarian, 1994
Describes the automation process in a library resources center in a small rural school district. Topics discussed include long-range planning; retrospective conversion for an online catalog; library automation software vendors; finances; training; time savings; CD-ROM products; telecomputing; computer literacy skills; professional development…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Automation
Peer reviewedTruett, Carol – North Carolina Libraries, 1997
This report on teachers and technology in North Carolina schools continues an earlier report based on a survey of North Carolina schools that focused on media specialists. Highlights include how teachers incorporate CD-ROM and videodisk technologies, school library media specialists as technology instructors, and teacher expectations of media…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
