Designed to acquaint Pennsylvania State University students at the Delaware County Campus with the facilities and resources of their library, this workbook on library skills is designed for use with English 15, and its mandatory completion is incorporated into the final course grade. It is organized into exercises dealing with types of materials…

Designed to acquaint Pennsylvania State University students at the Delaware County Campus with the facilities and resources of their library, this workbook on library skills is used in conjunction with English 15, and its mandatory completion is incorporated in the final course grade. It is organized into exercises dealing with types of materials…

This workbook in library skills designed to acquaint Pennsylvania State University students with the facilities and resources of their library is used in conjunction with courses offered at the University, and its mandatory completion is incorporated in the final course grade. It is organized into exercises dealing with types of materials rather…

Describes an orientation tour allowing library staff to work together in introducing large numbers of students to library services and facilities. Groups of students move through a series of five stations in an hour's tour with a minimum of congestion and traffic. (Author/RAA)

Successful completion of this self-paced library workbook is a course requirement of all second semester freshman English students at the University of Arkansas. The workbook contains 18 chapters. A brief introduction and instructions for using the workbook precede the library tour in Chapter 1, and the remaining 17 chapters discuss specific…

This self-paced workbook is designed to introduce college students to the resources and facilities of the library and to providing the knowledge and skills necessary to do basic library research. Two introductory chapters include a library-specific tour with floor plans (the D. Leonard Corgan Library, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) and information…

The purpose of this handbook is to help students, staff, and community patrons attain a reasonable degree of skill in using the Southeastern Community College Library effectively. The first section instructs the user on how to find information. A discussion of the card catalog and its use provides examples of catalog cards, reviews the…

This self-paced library workbook is a course requirement of all "technical writing" freshman English classes at the University of Arkansas. The technical writing course is required of all engineering students, and its major focus is on writing a term paper containing a bibliography produced through library research. The workbook…

Designed to instruct undergraduate college students in the use of basic library materials and services available in a medium-size academic library, this self-paced workbook contains 17 units with accompanying assignments. The emphasis is on types of materials rather than areas of the library. Individual units cover the resources and services of…

This self-directed library skills workbook is designed to acquaint students in basic English courses at Lehigh County Community College with the facilities and resources of the library. All freshmen are required to purchase the workbook as part of their texts for the basic English Skills course. The same textual information is contained in 15…

For the benefit of students at San Diego State University, a guide lists basic types of information sources, showing how to research both familiar and unfamiliar subjects, and helps locate needed materials efficiently. Explanations are included of the card catalog, periodical indexes, newspaper indexes, general reference sources, book reviews,…

Shows how a successful bibliographic instruction program can be achieved through the interrelationship of program support, facilities, and growth by examining how the librarians at Brigham Young University (Utah) developed a proposal for, helped design, and obtained funding for a new bibliographic instruction facility. (Contains seven references.)…

Intended to assist local school districts in meeting the requirements of the Pennsylvania Code, Title 22, Chapter 5, this publication provides guidelines which school districts can use to develop a flexible integrated K-12 school library media program supported by local school policies and operational procedures. Following a diagram showing the…

Description of aggressive education program initiated at Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library highlights the library's environment; administrative configuration; staffing issues (recruitment, training); facilities, including 13 microcomputers and computer projects; materials production; program development; marketing;…

This document presents a list of general skills for a school library skills curriculum. It is recommended that the skills be adapted for individual schools, age groups, and skill levels as are deemed appropriate by teachers and media personnel when planning and instituting a library skills curriculum. Skills and activities/objectives are reported…