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Anderson, Linda L.; García, Susan A. Vega – College & Research Libraries, 2020
To better understand the library's role in student success, this research used student survey data to explore students' reported library building use, library resource use, library instruction, as well as student perceptions of the library's role in their success, and how these factors may vary by academic discipline. Cumulative GPAs were also…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academic Achievement, Users (Information), Library Instruction
Zielinski, Dianne; Matthews, Robert; Koman, Cynthia; Kiel, Eric; Jezik, Katherine – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2018
Library instruction videos can enhance student instruction. At a community college, librarian-created videos provided students with academic support. However, the videos were rarely used. In this article, students were sent online surveys to rate videos discussing the American Psychological Association (APA) format. Students were also asked why…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Feedback (Response), Library Services
Brewer, Laura; Rick, Holly; Grondin, Karen A. – Online Learning, 2017
With a goal of improving the development and delivery of effective online information literacy resources, the purpose of this study was to look at how program level and the timing of the introduction of a Literature Review library guide within the program influenced online business student perceived value of the resource. A population of…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Information Literacy, Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education
Chen, Yu-Hui – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As the availability of digital resources increased exponentially over the last two decades, academic libraries have heavily invested in electronic resources and made them accessible via library Web portals. Yet, underutilization of library Web portals is a common concern among academic libraries. According to the information systems (IS)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Web Sites, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
Texas Univ., Austin. General Libraries. – 1977
The 1975 User Education Committee was charged with formulating a comprehensive user education program for the General Libraries. Work begun by this committee and completed by the 1976 committee is summarized in this document. The committee defined categories of users and, in cooperation with the university's Measurement and Evaluation Center,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Services, Library Skills
Lubans, John, Jr. – 1972
The author, on a fellowship awarded by the Council on Library Resources, visited several college, university, and public libraries to study their library instruction programs. He observed approaches to the subject using audiovisual techniques, Pathfinder series, computer-assisted instruction, peer reference service, independent study, seminars,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Research, Library Skills

Schon, Isabel; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1985
A randomized experiment was performed in five high schools in which a random half of students in a sophomore English class received a special eight-week library-oriented treatment designed to improve students' understanding of, attitudes toward, and use of the school library. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, High Schools, Librarians, Library Instruction
Vidmar, Dale J. – 1996
The purpose of this study was to investigate what effect a pre-session given prior to a typical library instruction class had upon the affective experience of freshman composition students. Students in six paired classes were given pre-test and post-test questionnaires to determine if there was a difference in scores in four areas measured by the…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Instruction

Schon, Isabel; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1985
An experimental group of junior high school students received a special library-oriented treatment designed to improve students' understanding of, attitudes toward, and use of the school library. The treatment had a significant effect on library use and library/librarian attitudes, but not reading attitudes. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Librarians, Library Instruction

Fry, Thomas K.; Kaplowitz, Joan – Research Strategies, 1988
Students' library usage, attitudes, and skills were surveyed three years after they had participated in a university library instruction program. Results of the questionnaire, which was based on the design of a pre-posttest developed to evaluate the program in 1982-83, indicated that most students are using the library on a regular basis. (6…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Followup Studies, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness

Bolton, Neil; Unwin, Lorna; Stephens, Kate – Open Learning, 1998
A survey of 977 postgraduate distance-learning students in the United Kingdom investigated student perceptions of library needs. This article examines how students felt they were treated, need for libraries, library training (previous experience and nature and extent of training), problems of distance and time, costs for texts and charges for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Costs, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Martindale, James; Hardesty, Larry – 1977
The purpose of this grant, funded by the Council on Library Resources, was to allow a librarian to put aside normal duties for an academic year to explore with faculty, students, and administrators ways of improving library services, and to design methods of increasing library use by college students. A program was developed for orienting and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Instruction, Library Research, Library Services

Kaplowitz, Joan – Research Strategies, 1986
Statistical analysis of data evaluating the effects of a bibliographic instruction program on college students' library-related behavior--changes in library usage, attitude toward libraries and librarians, understanding of basic library skills--indicates that students scored significantly higher on posttest than on pretest. Sample test questions…
Descriptors: College English, College Freshmen, Course Evaluation, Courses
Kaplowitz, Joan – 1984
Pre- and posttests were administered to approximately one-third of the students (241) who participated in the University of California at Los Angeles' (UCLA) English 3--Library Instruction Program. The program's effect on the students' library related behavior was evaluated, and changes in library usage, attitudes toward libraries and librarians,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College English, Course Evaluation, Higher Education

Veldof, Jerilyn; Beavers, Karen – Research Strategies, 2001
Discussion of online instructional design by academic librarians focuses on a study at the University of Minnesota that compared mental models of librarians and students as they relate to online library tutorials. Reports on a review of existing library tutorials, usability studies, and student interviews about the research and writing process.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Interviews
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