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Zhu, Tian-hui – Online Submission, 2009
Based on the concept of user education, this paper discusses the necessity of user education in library under the circumstance of network, describes the contents and forms of user education and puts forward the problems that should be paid attention to during education. [This paper was supported by scientific research project of Qufu Normal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Instruction, Guidelines, Computer Uses in Education
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Howe, Eleanor B. – Knowledge Quest, 1998
Combines the results of action research in the high school library media center with conclusions in the professional literature to argue that systematic formal instruction in electronic search skills is necessary for awareness of library media software and competence in its use. Focuses on the why, what, where, and how of teaching electronic…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Course Integrated Library Instruction, High School Students, High Schools
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Lawson, Mollie D. – Research Strategies, 2000
Explains the redesign of a freshman-level course in information literacy, information technology, and library research skills at Central Missouri State University that resulted in an increase in student enrollment. Supports the conclusion that marketing and promotion resulted in higher enrollment figures. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Enrollment Influences, Higher Education, Information Literacy
Olevnik, Peter P. – 1991
We live in an increasingly information-based society. A concomitant result of entry into this new era has been the accumulation, at an unprecedented rate, of the volume of information. This paper describes how the flood of information has impacted upon the academic library and how the library has responded to the continuing challenges of access.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Indexes
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Dewey, Barbara I. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1997
Reviews selected research studies with practical application to university library service models and offers suggestions for a research agenda supporting the advancement of strategic services. Discusses information-seeking behavior; user education, information literacy, and learning technologies; scholarly communication and the digital library;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Behavior, Information Seeking, Information Technology
Widman, Rudy; Nourse, Jimmie Anne – Laserdisk Professional, 1989
Describes the objectives, development, and implementation of a course offered by a community college library that was designed to develop skills in electronic access to information. The discussion covers problems encountered in offering the course and an evaluation of its effectiveness. The lesson format used in the course is outlined. (CLB)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Information Technology
Feinberg, Richard; And Others – 1989
Intended to familiarize students with the Melville Library at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and provide guidelines for conducting research in American politics, this workbook is divided into 10 chapters: (1) The Author-Title Catalog; (2) How To Find Books on Your Topic Using the Subject Catalog; (3) General Periodical Literature;…
Descriptors: Classification, College Libraries, Government Publications, Higher Education
Hawaii Association of School Librarians, Honolulu. – 1994
In order to use new educational technologies effectively and to help students cope with the mass of information that has become available, librarians have begun to develop strategies and lessons to instruct students in searching. There has been, however, no detailed curriculum in the schools to ensure that students and teachers in grades K-12 are…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Retrieval
Hubbard, Susan – 1987
Living in an "information society" implies dealing with a barrage of information on a daily basis, with success and survival dependent on the ability to locate, analyze, and use information skillfully and appropriately. Information literacy, which has been defined as the ability to effectively access and evaluate information for a…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Somerville, Arleen N., Ed. – Science & Technology Libraries, 1997
This volume is a collection of 12 papers of particular interest to librarians specializing in chemistry. The articles discuss the educational role of librarians in several types of institutions, offer new ways of providing information, and describe ways of coping with increasing prices and formats of journals. The first paper offers an overview of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cooperative Learning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Databases
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Olsen, Jan Kennedy – New Directions for Higher Education, 1992
Technological advances have changed our definitions of literacy and our ways of preparing academically literate individuals. Over four years, formal evaluation of a Cornell University (New York) library-based information literacy instruction program and experiments using different instructional models has increased understanding of the concept and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Students, Computer Literacy, Electronic Libraries
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL. Univ. Libraries. – 1989
As part of a strategic planning process, Northwestern University Library appointed a User Education Task Force to address the challenges and opportunities facing its library user education program. The overriding goal was to create an action plan for positioning the library to be an active partner in the educational and research processes of the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, College Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education
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Huang, Samuel T., Ed.; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1993
Twelve articles describe the impact of library technologies on reference services. Staff training, the academic librarian as teacher and information provider, decision-making models for planning reference services, patron database access options, management of reference services, systemwide electronic access, and the electronic library are among…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education
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Meyers, Eric M. – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2007
Introduction: changes in educational policy and practice demand that we examine school library programmes from a new perspective. As a model that takes a developmental view of minds in context, Cultural Historical Activity Theory is particularly well suited to the study of school libraries and the learning that occurs therein. This paper focuses…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Services, Best Practices, Intervention
American Library Association, Chicago, IL. Library Instruction Round Table. – 1995
Bibliographic Instruction (BI), which focuses on the need to make library patrons become more proficient in locating and using information, is a major contributor to information literacy. The 14 papers and essays in this volume describe approaches to proactive interaction with library users with the single goal of achieving an information literate…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
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