Lists 55 skills and personal attributes that were identified by a panel at the 1998 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Conference as essential for new library/information science employees. It is indicated that a solid professional knowledge base is assumed in potential employees by virtue of a degree from an…

Describes the historical and current roles that educational statistics play in the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and the National Library of Education. Discusses helpful sources of educational statistics, including population, economic, and education surveys; census results; school district directories; reports of school…

Describes design considerations that were made for a software prototype called the Virtual Library that were framed by cognitive research and learning theory. When completed, the software will assist preservice teachers in learning about educational psychology and instructional design. Topics include constructivism, exploratory learning, authentic…

Describes a faculty initiative involving twelve Pennsylvania State University colleges, its library system, and two historically black colleges (Cheyney and Lincoln Universities) in the design of distance-education programs, and presents a set of principles and practices developed by the faculty that address issues in design and development of a…

Presents a framework to help media specialists and other educators facilitate the process of integrating computer technology and the Internet into classroom instruction and curriculum design. Highlights include planning, including concept maps; research, including critical thinking; development, including knowledge construction and higher-order…

A study of Australian university staff focused on Internet use and the potential impact of network use on librarians. This article reports on innovative uses of the Internet (information transfer, homework, evaluation of course material, reading information from networked resources, electronic journals), users' responses to the Internet, and…

Discusses ways in which cooking and food can be used to integrate school library media programs into the curriculum. Topics include gender consciousness; family literacy; alternative formats for special physical or learning challenges; history and social studies applications; world cultures; and cookbooks and literature. (LRW)

Discusses trends and issues in the archival, historical, and information sciences. Examines the relationship between history and information science; surveys archives in the context of contemporary issues pervading history and information science. Also discusses concerns common to all three sciences, including technological obsolescence and…

This study, based on a survey of 40 library/information science students and observations made from online information retrieval instruction, focuses on information receiving, one of the three primary modes of the Information Process. Compares the modes of the Information Process and examines the role of the World Wide Web. (Author/AEF)

Examined the information-seeking processes of junior high school students from Inuvik, Northwest Territories (Canada) when using CD-ROM encyclopedias. Results showed that students need instruction and practice to develop skills and strategies for full-text searching, particularly generating search terms, selecting topics from a retrieved list, and…

The concept of relevance remains central to library and information studies work. Five Women's Studies faculty members were interviewed concerning their immediate reactions to different resources provided in direct response to real, on-going information needs. Criteria identified by this approach went beyond topicality, currency, and other basic…

Discusses how early childhood classroom learning centers can meet the needs of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Describes how to set up learning centers, suggesting materials and procedures for centers for block play, art, dramatic play, science, music, and manipulatives, as well as library and outdoor areas. Includes a resource list for each…

Presents findings from four studies of the prevalence of multitasking information seeking and searching by Web (via the Excite search engine), information retrieval system (mediated online database searching), and academic library users. Highlights include human information coordinating behavior (HICB); and implications for models of information…

Block scheduling has the potential to affect several aspects of the library media program--information literacy instruction, collection development, access to the library media center, and collaboration between teacher and teacher- librarian. To explore these, two schools--a high school and middle school--that have implemented block scheduling are…

Presents findings from surveys of 226 7th- to 10th-graders who spent the 1998 summer at Duke University. Results are discussed as answers to questions: What do students really do online? How much do they use the Web? How do they find things? How do they judge sites? What do students want from librarians? (AEF)