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Boadi, Benzies Y.; And Others – 1987
Developed with the support of the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) and the University of Botswana (Africa), this five-week "long vacation" training program includes four modules designed to provide refresher and in-service training for those library assistants who have work experience but have not been able to attend…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Indexing
Eckwright, Gail Z., Ed.; Keenan, Lori M., Ed. – 1994
The focus of this collection of papers about library reference service is on the community outside the library, rather than the special populations served within it. "Conflicts in Value Systems" (Allen B. Veaner) is an overview of the major conflict areas facing the library profession today. "Reference Services for Off-Campus…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Costs, Evaluation, Extension Education
Pitkin, Gary M., Ed. – 1995
Librarians need to be aware of the technologies involved with change and the ways in which technologies will impact the total organization and its provision of services. The library school curriculum must be restructured in order to prepare future librarians for the reality of technological change and help them become able to manage information in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Futures (of Society), Global Approach
Peer reviewedHuston, Mary M., Ed. – Library Trends, 1991
This issue contains 12 articles that present library perspectives on information literacy. Topics discussed include critical thinking and bibliographic instruction (BI); learning style theory and reference desk interviews; teaching information retrieval to end users; library instruction for faculty; cognitive authority; question formulation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style, Critical Thinking
Download full textBaker, Betsy, Ed.; Litzinger, Mary Ellen, Ed. – 1992
At the 1989 annual meeting of the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) used a think tank as a dynamic mechanism for exploring future directions both in the discipline of library user education and for the Bibliographic Instruction (BI) Section of ACRL. Discussion centered on the following…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Curriculum Development, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedRockman, Ilene F., Ed. – Reference Services Review, 1991
Presents viewpoints of five persons actively engaged in academic libraries or library schools on new skills that may be desirable for reference librarians in the future. Topics discussed include reference skills; communication skills; management skills; literacy in computer technology; specialization; implications of the information age;…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Communication Skills, Computer Literacy, Conferences
