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Ruthven, Joan – Australian Library Journal, 2010
This article presents the results of a study into the provision of Internet training for adult public library clients. The study, which was completed in 2008, forms part of a larger investigation into the characteristics, preferences and needs of adult public library clients in New South Wales. The aim of this section of the investigation is to…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Educational Needs, Investigations, Public Libraries
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Phillips, John C.; King-Blandford, Marcia – Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 1997
With the introduction of the library's OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog), CD-ROMs, the Internet, and OhioLINK, the University of Toledo library is faced with technological, instructional, and other challenges. The main challenge is the lack of a mediated classroom for group instruction. Current paper-based teaching methods do not always allow…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Networks, Group Instruction, Information Technology
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Jiao, Qun G.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – Library Quarterly, 1997
A study of 522 university students identified variables related to library anxiety: use of computerized indexes and online facilities, gender, year of study, native language, frequency of library visits, number of library skills courses undertaken, and reasons for using the library. Recommends measures to reduce library anxiety. Includes a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Anxiety, College Students, Computer Literacy
Ensor, Pat – 1990
This report presents the results of a study which explored how patron perceptions and demographics related to keyword/Boolean searching on Indiana State University's (ISU) Library User Information System (LUIS), the online public access catalog (OPAC). Two general theses guide the study: (1) whether the use or non-use of keyword searching on LUIS…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Literacy, Demography, Higher Education
McKenzie, 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
Wiggins, Marvin E. – 1994
This document is the final report to the U.S. Department of Education of a research and development grant awarded to establish a fully equipped electronic training room and test the effectiveness of hands-on instruction in learning the NOTIS OPAC (online public access catalog) and the Silver-Platter ERIC database on CD-ROM. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Electronic Classrooms
Kuhlthau, Carol Collier – 1987
This review of the research literature describes and discusses functional/information literacy in the age of computers and the resulting "information explosion," together with means by which students can become competent information users in the future and be enabled to lead productive, meaningful lives. Defined as comprising library…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education