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Brazile, Orella Ramsey – 1989
Research analyzing users' reactions to the implementation of automation and computer technology in the industrial and business fields indicates that users will respond more positively to these new technologies if they are adequately trained beforehand. To measure response in the academic sector, users' reactions to the local area network (LAN) in…
Descriptors: Demography, Higher Education, Library Automation, Library Schools
Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Arkansas Association of Instructional Media Quarterly, 1997
This study of Arkansas college students (n=332) examined the role of technology in determining levels of library anxiety. Of five dimensions of library anxiety [(1) barriers with staff, (2) affective barriers, (3) comfort with the library, (4) knowledge of the library, and (5) mechanical barriers], that of mechanical barriers--feelings resulting…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Anxiety, College Students, Computer Attitudes
Schwarz, Stephan, Ed.; Willers, Uno, Ed. – 1978
This compilation of essays and papers in French and English written in tribute to Bjorn Tell, covers various aspects of library and information services from an international perspective, including university libraries, librarianship, research, technology, reference, and organization of information. Articles focus on Berzelius, father of…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Anthologies, Bibliographies, Information Seeking
Download full textMcKenzie, Darlene E. – 1995
In view of increased numbers of international students attending colleges and universities in the United States and the resulting need for librarians to be aware of these students' information needs, this study analyzes data assembled from 56 responses by international students to a questionnaire distributed at Kent State University (Ohio). The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Literacy, Foreign Students
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Media and Technology Services. – 1991
In the fall of 1990, the Computer Services Section of the Department of Public Instruction in North Carolina began a project to study how the use of an online catalog in the media center would influence student academic achievement and provide a vehicle for students to gain the skills needed to access information. For a year, the media…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Information, Course Integrated Library Instruction, High Schools
Peer reviewedJacobson, Frances F. – Library and Information Science Research, 1991
Discussion of the gender gap in computer-related activities focuses on a study of high school seniors that examined sex differences in library anxiety, computer anxiety, and anxiety in using computers for library research. The relationship between library anxiety and computer anxiety is explored, and further research is suggested. (21 references)…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Computer Literacy, High School Seniors, High Schools
