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Oka, Christine; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1994
Describes a program developed at the University of California at Santa Barbara library to make students more aware of the diverse population and to support the new ethnic studies curriculum. Topics addressed include library instruction; teamwork and diverse representation; developing library collections; cooperative teaching; and student response.…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
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Florance, Valerie; Matheson, Nina W. – Library Trends, 1993
Discusses the changing role of health sciences librarians in academic medical centers, based on experiences at the Johns Hopkins University (Maryland) medical library. Highlights include library services to meet the information needs of users; management perceptions of libraries; and competitive strategies for libraries, including integration into…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Attitudes, Higher Education, Information Management
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Metter, Ellen; Willis, Elizabeth – Research Strategies, 1993
Describes the development, production, and distribution of a college library handbook designed to replace a portion of regular library instruction. Topics addressed include defining the audience; content, including library organization, selecting library materials, and search strategies; format; costs; revisions; evaluation; and recommendations.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Audience Analysis, Costs, Evaluation Methods
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Eaton, Gale; McCarthy, Cheryl – Emergency Librarian, 1995
Provides a case study that investigated how a part-time elementary school teacher-librarian was working toward fulfilling the goals of AASL's "Information Power." Highlights include the roles of the teacher-librarian: teacher, information specialist, and information consultant; and integrating information skills into a literature-based…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum Development
Halverstadt, Julie – School Library Journal, 1995
Discusses the rise in circulation in the Douglas Public Library District (Colorado) due to expanding educational options. Highlights include the Charter Schools Act, library skills instruction, home-schoolers' use of the library, materials availability, year-round reading programs, Internet benefits, and staffing increases and changes. (AEF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling, Library Circulation, Library Development
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Nolan, Anne Cerstvik; Whitmore, Marilyn P. – Research Strategies, 1992
Describes a library instruction program designed to familiarize students with educational and psychological measurement and evaluation tools, including print and online/CD-ROM sources. Resources in the following areas are listed: introductory and general works, specialized sources for information on measurement instruments, indexes and abstracts,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Educational Testing, Higher Education, Library Instruction
Irving, Ann – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1992
Discusses the need to incorporate information skills across the curriculum. Problems facing school libraries are examined; strategies to promote information skills across the curriculum are suggested; the use of information technology is considered; examples of current practice in the United Kingdom are described; and implications for librarians…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Kuhlthau, Carol C. – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1992
Response to issues discussed in Ann Irving's article in this yearbook focuses on the changing role of school librarians. Highlights include the impact of information technology on library services; the development of school libraries in the United Kingdom versus the United States; instruction in information skills; and equal access to information.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change Agents, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Helmick, Aileen – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1992
Analyzes research cited in "Library Literature" during the past year that concerns school libraries. Topics examined include censorship issues; information literacy and library instruction; reading; the use of technology, especially microcomputers; and comprehensive state surveys. (14 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Censorship, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Davis, H. Scott; Ensor, Patricia L. – College and Research Libraries News, 1991
Describes the development at Indiana State University of a SuperCatalog, a computerized library catalog that provides access to both library holdings and locally loaded commercial databases, including ERIC and Wilson indexes. Software is discussed; the impact on staff, users, interlibrary loan, and library instruction is examined; and future…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Software, Databases, Futures (of Society)
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Buchanan, Nancy L.; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1992
A computerized presentation explaining how to use the library online catalog (NOTIS) was produced at Texas A&M University. A study using students in first-year composition courses verified that students who viewed the presentation were able to use the online catalog more effectively than those who did not, especially for subject searching. (12…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Courseware, Higher Education
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McHenry, Kelley Emmons; And Others – New Directions for Higher Education, 1992
In an effort to link information literacy and resource-based learning to cultural pluralism, faculty and librarians at Seattle Central Community College (Washington) revised an English composition course and a library skills course, linking their content of documented writing and literary research methods. Students must enroll in both courses.…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Course Descriptions, Cultural Pluralism
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Olsen, Jan Kennedy – New Directions for Higher Education, 1992
Technological advances have changed our definitions of literacy and our ways of preparing academically literate individuals. Over four years, formal evaluation of a Cornell University (New York) library-based information literacy instruction program and experiments using different instructional models has increased understanding of the concept and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Students, Computer Literacy, Electronic Libraries
Martin, Ron – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1992
Describes a new product by Discis Books which offers complete editions of classic and original children's books on CD-ROM including features such as reading aloud by a variety of voices, background music, sound effects, help with vocabulary, customized appearance of text, and availability of foreign translations. A library media activity for…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Courseware
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1992
Provides fully developed library media activities, most of which are designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units. Highlights include art (first or second grades), music (fifth through ninth grades), reading/language arts (first through fifth grades), science (kindergarten, fourth, and fifth grades), and social studies (fourth…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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