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Hobbs, Kendall; Klare, Diane – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2016
Starting in summer 2011, two librarians at Wesleyan University annually interviewed and directed usability studies with undergraduate students to determine how students interact with academic e-books. In 2014, the librarians used a campuswide quantitative survey to supplement these longitudinal qualitative findings. While students are increasingly…
Descriptors: Books, Electronic Publishing, Librarians, Undergraduate Students
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Hensley, Merinda Kaye; Murphy, Benjamin P.; Swain, Ellen D. – Communications in Information Literacy, 2014
Although recent archival scholarship promotes the use of primary sources for developing students' analytical research skills, few studies focus on standards or protocols for teaching or assessing archival instruction. Librarians have designed and tested standards and learning assessment strategies for library instruction, and archivists would do…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Library Instruction, Archives, Primary Sources
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
Duke, Lynda M., Ed.; Asher, Andrew D., Ed. – ALA Editions, 2012
How do college students "really" conduct research for classroom assignments? In 2008, five large Illinois universities were awarded a Library Services and Technology Act Grant to try to answer that question. The resulting ongoing study has already yielded some eye-opening results. The findings suggest changes ranging from simple…
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Students, Student Research, Use Studies
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Nelson, Megan Sapp – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2009
Librarianship is one of a limited number of disciplines that deliberately learn and practice the art of the interview. For engineering librarians, this gives expertise and a role in teaching professional skills that are increasingly expected in the engineering profession. The reference interview and design interview have many similarities. Some…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Speech, Service Learning, Library Instruction
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Dowell, Connie V. – RQ, 1986
Provides an example of a course integrated library instruction assignment in biographical research for undergraduate journalism students. The assignment is shown to accomplish three goals: development of library skills, knowledge of important living journalists, and a review of interviewing techniques. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Biographies, Higher Education, Interviews
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Nash, Stan; Wilson, Myoung Chung – Reference Services Review, 1991
Discussion of information literacy focuses on a study at Rutgers University that was conducted to determine how undergraduates evaluate the results of their CD-ROM database searches. A proposed instructional model is explained that is designed to give students the skills they need to use information sources successfully. (three references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Citations (References), College Libraries, Databases, Evaluation Criteria
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Leckie, Gloria J.; Fullerton, Anne – College & Research Libraries, 1999
Discusses results of a survey and interviews of science and engineering faculty at two Canadian universities regarding their perceptions of students' information-literacy skills and their own pedagogical practices. Faculty awareness of, and support for, bibliographic instruction methods and the perceived role of science and engineering librarians…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Engineering, Foreign Countries
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Callison, Daniel – Library & Information Science Research, 1997
The case study method (employing direct observation and interviews) has become the primary means of investigating how secondary school and undergraduate students locate and use information in the library. This article examines and illustrates the shift from survey to case study with examples from dissertations and field studies of secondary school…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change, Higher Education, Information Seeking