Presents an international view of user education and information literacy and provides definitions and rationale for information literacy education in the information age. Proposes guidelines to prepare for the 21st century in library and information work and to prepare citizens for lifelong learning and successful work in the information society.…

Describes a high school English class project that focused on life in various decades and resulted in student projects that included diaries, newspapers, original compositions, and letters. Cooperation between the teacher and librarian is discussed, examples are included, and 16 resources for a time travel project are listed. (LRW)

Explores ways in which school library media specialists can use advance organizers such as concept maps, picture files, and books without words to teach library skills to students with limited English proficiency. The author also shows how these resources can help teachers teach in the various content areas. (GR)

A lesson structure for one-time bibliographic instruction (BI) sessions based on an active learning technique was developed. Active learning is discussed, and the "jigsaw method" is described. BI sessions presented to junior- and senior-level college students are examined, and considerations for librarians wishing to incorporate active…

Describes several projects that integrate the Internet and specific Internet resources into undergraduate teaching and learning. Problems are discussed, including trying to retrieve specific and useful information, questions of reliability and accuracy of information, the need to become more user friendly, and demands on libraries for training and…

Considers the future of library instruction and addresses four main areas: (1) the reference/instruction relationship; (2) the vision of creating the self-sufficient user; (3) organizing library instruction as a curriculum; and (4) the need for significant outcomes. Examples from Association of Research Libraries members are included. (Author/LRW)

Discussion of postmodernism and bibliographic instruction in academic libraries is based on a prospectus for an experimental information course at Evergreen State College (Washington). Highlights include structural bibliographic instruction, including a taxonomic model; discourse analysis and bibliographic instruction; composition and…

Outlines common problems facing the academic library and graduate schools of library/information studies and examines the relationship between librarians and faculty. Topics include the image of academic librarians, including faculty status and research; library collections, services, and instruction; and involvement of librarians in library and…

Argues for a fundamental focusing of library education and bibliographic instruction on lifelong competency in information management and use. Calls for information competency to be part of the core curriculum at every educational level and for undergraduate degree granting programs in information management. (EA)

Provides seven fully integrated library media activities to be used in connection with curriculum units in art, music, reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade level(s), resources, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow up are…

Discusses the public for bibliographic instruction in libraries, what they are learning, who is not being served, and what the implications of that failure are. It is suggested that bibliographic instruction should create a public knowledgeable about the information environment, including its principles, structure, systems, and libraries as…

Summarizes the results of a study of students' attitudes toward a library orientation/bibliographic instruction and user education course at Bendel State University in Nigeria. These results indicate that the students found the course very useful both in academic work and in social life. Suggestions are made for the improvement of the course. The…

Discusses the idea of including information about the MARC format in library online catalog instruction. Difficulties that users encounter when using different online catalogs with different formats are discussed, and a presentation developed at the University of California at Berkeley to explain the MARC format to users is described. (three…

College students are often reluctant to use libraries, despite the resources available there. Teachers assigning projects that require research might also require conferences with students in the library, possibly in small groups, to provide assistance in preliminary stages. This helps students locate and use varied information sources and…

Describes a library research assignment developed for students enrolled in an undergraduate math course at Lycoming College. Cooperation between the course instructor, the librarian responsible for bibliographic instruction (BI), and staff from the writing center is discussed; and student evaluation of the assignment is described. (six references)…