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Schwartz, Candy – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2000
Provides an overview of the basic components of a digital library. Highlights include library collections; metadata; services, including information seeking and retrieval, reference query fulfillment, and user training; user interaction with digital libraries, including searching, browsing, and navigation; economic support; maintenance;…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Bautz, Kim; Ritz-Salminen, Dianne; Stein-Grollman, Rita – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2001
Provides six fully developed library media activities that are designed for use with specific curriculum units in reading, language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills, curriculum objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional roles, procedures, evaluation, and follow-up are described for each activity. (LRW)
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools
Sine, Lynn – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1994
Offers suggestions for teaching information skills to kindergarten through second-grade students. Highlights include book titles to use as discussion lead-ins; library group activities; the use of technology, including computer software and electronic mail; and problem-solving skills. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Electronic Mail
Thomas, Nancy – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2000
Discusses the importance of the relational nature of school librarianship to meet the affective and social needs of children and youth. Topics include psychological dimensions of library-student interaction; library activities that foster cooperation and independence; communicating feelings and attitudes; barriers in seeking help at the reference…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Childrens Libraries, Communication (Thought Transfer)

Boekhorst, Albert K.; van Veen, Maarten J. P. – School Libraries Worldwide, 2001
Describes a study that examined the position of school libraries in the Netherlands to help secondary schools update their libraries and prepare them for a new role in learning. Explains the input-output research design that discusses organizational structure, library staff, financing, technical infrastructure, collection, collaboration, access to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Input Output Analysis, Learning Processes
Cherry, Carolyn; Louk, Cathy; Barwick, Martha; Kidd, Gentry E. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2001
Provides five fully developed school library media activities that are designed for use with specific curriculum units in reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills objectives, curriculum (subject area) objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, evaluation, and…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Arts

Sato, Claire; Anderson, Thomas; Sakuda, Katherine – Knowledge Quest, 1998
Describes an integrated curriculum project for fourth graders in a Hawaiian elementary school with a highly transient population. The project, ALOHA (Active Learners on Hawaiian Adventures) was developed to motivate students in learning about Hawaii's culture and ecosystems. Cooperation between the library media specialist, technology coordinator,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development

Staines, Gail M.; Craig, John – Reference Librarian, 1999
Describes how to procure funding for building an electronic information literacy instruction classroom using a program at Niagara County Community College as a case study. Discusses grant funding; meeting student needs; designing effective instruction; and future plans. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Libraries, Community Colleges, Electronic Libraries

Mercado, Heidi – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1999
Reviews changes in online database searching in academic libraries. Topics include librarians conducting all searches; the advent of end-user searching and the need for user instruction; compact disk technology; online public catalogs; the Internet; full text databases; electronic information literacy; user education and the remote library user;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Databases, Futures (of Society)

Nahl, Diane – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1999
Discusses written instructional materials created by librarians for end users searching database systems. Highlights include novice user studies; the importance of print instruction in digital information environments; a paradigm shift from system-centered to user-centered focuses in technical writing and user documentation for software; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Databases, Guidelines

Dorner, Jennifer L.; Taylor, Susan E.; Hodson-Carlton, Kay – RSR: Reference Services Review, 2001
Describes a collaborative program between librarians and faculty at Ball State University (Indiana) that designed a tiered approach to building nursing students' research skills to ensure that students have the necessary information literacy skills. Highlights include information literacy competencies; Web-based courses; electronic resources for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Competence, Cooperative Planning, Distance Education
Pracha, Christina; Stout, Mary; Jurkowitz, Lisa – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2005
At Pima Community College's Downtown Campus, the ESL lead faculty, library intern and librarian collaborated to create a comprehensive, progressive information literacy curriculum, based upon principles and best practices in both Second Language Acquisition Theory and the Information Literacy Competency Standards for a suite of ESL courses. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Information Literacy
Arlitsch, Kenning; Lombardo, Nancy T.; Gregory, Joan M. – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2005
Over the past six years, the University of Utah libraries have developed an extensive international presence through digital resource sharing. Services include instruction, electronic document delivery, shared catalogs, and full-text databases. This paper will describe the process of establishing, extending, and improving these services through…
Descriptors: International Cooperation, Academic Libraries, Shared Resources and Services, Library Services
Crouse, Warren F.; Kasbohm, Kristine Esch – Educational Forum, The, 2004
In discussions about information literacy and required research assignments, several high school teachers lamented that student research papers had regressed to the point that the completed work represented nothing more than "point and click" exercises. Similarly, Asselin and Lee (2002, 10) began their article on the need for library instruction…
Descriptors: Research Papers (Students), Student Research, Secondary School Teachers, Research Methodology
Digby, Todd R. – Computers in Libraries, 2004
The author of this article is an automation librarian, but at times he also works at the reference desk, as well as teaching library instruction and literacy classes. Working at the reference desk, he learns how users handle their library's information technology. This article explores the conclusions that the author has reached regarding the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Reference Materials, Reference Services, Librarians