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Hartman, Patricia; Newhouse, Renae; Perry, Valerie – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2014
The train-the-trainer model has great potential for expanding information literacy programs without placing undue burden on already overextended librarians; it is surprisingly underused in academic libraries. At the University of Kentucky, we employed this model to create a new information literacy program in an introductory biology lab. We…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Information Literacy, Sustainability, Trainers
O'Brien, Heather L.; Freund, Luanne; Jantzi, Leanna; Sinanan, Samantha – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2014
This research explores the professionalization of Library and Information Science (LIS) students who participated in a peer-tutoring service, "Research Rescue." Research Rescue was a collaboration of the Chapman Learning Commons and the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) at the University of British Columbia. The…
Descriptors: Investigations, Service Learning, Models, Information Science Education
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Avery, Susan; Hahn, Jim; Zilic, Melissa – Public Services Quarterly, 2008
Given the many changes in our students and their study and research practices, libraries are finding it necessary to seek new ways to reach these students. The Undergraduate Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign created a new model to do so. Librarian's Office Hours are a hybrid of reference and instructional services that…
Descriptors: College Students, Research Papers (Students), Study Habits, Educational Change
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Martin, Rebecca R. – Research Strategies, 1986
Introductory biology students at a major university completed a field project which taught them investigative skills in scientific research, including the scientific method and substantiation of their results through use of periodical literature. Librarians became actively involved by providing library instruction as part of the project. Sample…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Biology, Higher Education, Library Instruction
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Cronau, Deborah Ann – Australian Library Journal, 2001
Examines the literature and explores expectations of undergraduates regarding lifelong learning and the library to propose a perceptual model of lifelong learning and user education. Suggests that a perceptual model can facilitate lifelong learning through education approaches geared to the sequential levels of skills needed by particular library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Lifelong Learning
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Palmer, Catherine; Ford, Collette – Research Strategies, 2000
Describes four models of library instruction that were developed at the University of California, Irvine to promote information literacy and to maximize the use of existing library staff: librarian as instructor, teaching assistant as instructor, students as instructors, and student self-paced instruction. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Information Literacy
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Reed, Lawrence L. – RQ, 1993
Discusses the need to reevaluate bibliographic instruction in academic libraries for an expanded online environment based on experiences at Moorhead State University (Minnesota). Topics addressed include the addition of databases to local online catalogs; student searching; search patterns; database characteristics; student search skills; library…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Library Catalogs
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Cheuk, Bonnie – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1999
Discusses undergraduate needs for user education for effective library use. Describes models for understanding needs, including a subject-based hierarchical model; examines learning theories for undergraduates, including cognitive style mapping and cognitive development; and presents models of user education. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Style