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The Florida State University's Learning District: A Case Study of an Academic Library-Run Peer Tutoring Program
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Demeter, Michelle – Public Services Quarterly, 2011
In March 2010, the first floor of the main library at The Florida State University was renovated as a learning commons. With this change in design, all tutoring that existed throughout the library was moved into the commons. The crown jewel of these programs is the library's in-house, late-night peer tutoring program that has seen incredible…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Peer Teaching, Tutoring
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Brown, Stephanie Willen; Hammond, Chelsea C. – Library Journal, 2008
This article reports that the Scopus Student Ambassador (SAm) program, funded by Elsevier, permitted the University of Connecticut (UConn) Libraries to hire graduate students to teach citation searching, using both Scopus and Web of Science, to other graduate students. The training does not cost the libraries anything, and it is free for graduate…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, College Libraries, Social Work, Citations (References)
What Students Want: Generation Y and the Changing Function of the Academic Library
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Gardner, Susan; Eng, Susanna – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2005
This article presents the results of a 2003 undergraduate library user survey as a case study of Generation Y. Survey data support four main traits attributed to Generation Y, which are discussed within the context of library use and satisfaction. Implications for future directions in academic library services based on the new ways Generation Y…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, College Students, Libraries
Library Instruction: A Peer Tutoring Model.
Deese-Roberts, Susan; Keating, Kathleen – 2000
This book proposes the application of peer tutoring to library instruction, primarily in the academic library setting. Chapter 1 provides a brief historical view of library instruction and current trends that make peer tutoring a possible form of library service. Chapter 2 describes peer tutoring as currently practiced in higher education.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Instructional Development, Library Instruction
Reaching a Multicultural Student Community: A Handbook for Academic Librarians. The Greenwood Library Management Collection.
Downing, Karen E.; And Others – 1993
This handbook is intended for academic librarians who are interested in establishing peer outreach programs for minority students on their campuses or who are trying to decide whether such a program would meet the needs of their students. Chapters include an overview of the unique challenges facing academic institutions and libraries in serving…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Budgeting, College Students
Zoom into Pre-School Story Hour.
Glaser, Ann; Stanton, Sharon – 1982
A low-cost reading program at De Anza Junior High School, Ontario, California, designed to motivate reluctant junior high school readers and to develop an early interest in books in preschool children is described. A background history of the Preschool Story Hour is given and sources of books are suggested. Junior high students who may be…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Library Role