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Martin, Nichole A.; Martin, Ross – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2015
Video tutorials are a common form of library instruction used with distance learners. This paper combines professional experience and literature reviews from multiple disciplines to provide a contextual overview of recommendations and findings for effective and engaging videos. The tools for tutorials appear in five main categories: screencasts,…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Video Technology, Distance Education, Teaching Methods
Humrickhouse, Elizabeth – Online Submission, 2011
This paper examines how library educators can implement Web 2.0 tools in their Information Literacy programs to better prepare students for the rigors of academic research. Additionally, this paper looks at transliteracy and constructivism as the most useful teaching methods in a Web 2.0 classroom and attempts to pinpoint specific educational…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Needs, Information Literacy, Teaching Methods
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
Marshall, Ann; Burns, Vicki; Briden, Judi – Library Journal, 2007
In this article, the authors discuss how the University of Rochester's two-year ethnographic study reveals what students do on campus and how the library fits in. Under Nancy Fried Foster's guidance, teams of librarians and staff conducted a two-year investigation. The goal: to improve the libraries' reference services, facilities, and web pages…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Academic Libraries, Reference Services, Internet

Bawden, David – Journal of Documentation, 2001
Examines the concepts of information literacy and digital literacy through a literature survey and analysis. Highlights include skills-based literacy, including library literacy, media literacy, and computer literacy; bibliographic instruction; business information; the information society; network literacy; Internet literacy; hyper-literacy; and…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Information Literacy, Information Skills, Internet
Beile, Penny M.; Boote, David N. – Research Strategies, 2004
This study explored if students' library skills self-efficacy levels and learning outcomes varied based on instructional delivery mode. Groups consisted of an on-campus class with face-to-face instruction, an on-campus class with a Web-based library tutorial, and a Web-based class with a Web-based tutorial. Data were collected immediately prior to…
Descriptors: Internet, Self Efficacy, Library Skills, Library Instruction
Thornton, Ann – Computers in Libraries, 1999
Describes the curriculum of free training courses offered at the New York Public Library Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL) that focus on information-seeking skills and information literacy. Classes offered include basic library skills, Internet and World Wide Web, business information, government information, and science information.…
Descriptors: Government (Administrative Body), Information Literacy, Information Seeking, Internet

Cudiner, Shelley; Harmon, Oskar – Research Strategies, 2001
Discussion of changes in academic library instruction needed for teaching Internet access to electronic databases focuses on a study at the University of Connecticut that compared differences in effectiveness between an online, real-time hands-on class with an eclectic format that combined lecture and a hands-on component. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Higher Education
Ellis, Jenny; Salisbury, Fiona – Australian Library Journal, 2004
This article reports on a study we conducted with first-year students in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne in 2003. Building upon our 2002 research ("Library Review," 2003, vol 52, no 5 pp209-217), we investigated the prior library instruction, information preferences and skills of students enrolled in first-year…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Information Literacy, Student Attitudes, Library Instruction
Bacon, Pamela S. – 2000
This book contains tips (author's suggestions), tools (ready-to-use lifesavers), and talk (quotes from practicing media specialists) for school librarians at all grade levels. A total of 100 lifesavers are included, covering areas such as inventory, motivation strategies, disciplinary approaches, library checkout, Internet searching, the traveling…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Internet, Learning Activities, Learning Resources Centers

Baird-Krul, Carol; Silver, Janet Christianson – School Libraries in Canada, 1998
Describes a library research module that was developed for a grade 8 life skills curriculum. A workbook format was designed to include traditional skills such as note taking, bibliographic form, and catalog use, as well as electronic research, including Internet use, World Wide Web sites, and CD-ROMs. (LRW)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Electronic Libraries
Jansen, Barbara A. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1996
Explains how a library media specialist can organize a collaborative curriculum project with communities throughout the world via the Internet, while integrating information process skills and content objectives. Highlights include planning ahead; collaborating with classroom teachers; conducting and managing the project, including writing and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Educational Planning
Roth, Lorie – Library Journal, 1999
Discusses teaching information literacy in academic libraries and describes programs developed at California State University that considered new technologies; changing student characteristics, enrollment patterns, and skills; determining authenticity and quality of information sources, particularly on the Internet; curriculum development;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Enrollment Trends
Ury, Connie Jo., Ed.; Baudino, Frank, Ed. – Online Submission, 2005
These proceedings document the fifth year of the "Brick and Click Libraries Symposium", held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. Thirty five peer-reviewed papers and abstracts, written by academic librarians, and presented at the symposium are included in this volume. Many of the entries have…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Reference Materials, Search Engines, Marketing