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Whitehurst, Angela P. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 2010
The need for information literacy continues to increase as colleges and universities begin to globalize their curricula and include global readiness in institutional missions. This article reports pretest and posttest data collected during a librarian-faculty collaboration to determine the effect of information literacy instruction on students…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Teaching Methods, Library Instruction, Library Role
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Isbell, Dennis – College Teaching, 2008
At the reference desk, librarians engage in an often predictable sequence of instruction with students that centers on assisting students with focusing their topics before they can move to the information collection stage. It is an area of instruction that is often taken for granted and that most faculty are unaware of, but it is critical for…
Descriptors: Research Papers (Students), Student Research, Reference Services, Librarians
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McLean, C. D. – Knowledge Quest, 2010
At the beginning of last year the assistant Middle Division director at the Berkeley Preparatory School challenged his faculty to collaborate with at least one teacher from another department in the division for a portion of one unit. Because the challenge was given at the beginning of the school year, it was received with trepidation, but, after…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Advanced Placement Programs, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Internet
Barrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2008
"ARL" is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). "ARL" reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Handheld Devices, Reference Services
McCormick, John – Science Probe, 1991
Describes how anyone with a personal computer and a telephone can easily go "online" with hundreds of different bulletin board services (BBS), many of which are ideal data sources and information exchanges for amateur scientists. Lists contact information for selected commercial and governmental BBS systems. (Author/JJK)
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers, Modems
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Chemical and Engineering News, 1985
American Chemical Society's Directory of Graduate Research has been put online. Information on faculty research interests and demographics at United States and Canadian universities offering chemical sciences graduate degrees can be retrieved. New concordance codes permit searching at different hierarchical levels, thus providing more information…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Faculty, College Science, Engineering
Wangerin, Paul T. – 1992
This annotated bibliography presents 163 references on legal education, part-time higher education, continuing, adult and distance from a broad range of authors and sources within and outside the legal education field for those interested in part-time legal education. An introduction discusses biases against part-time legal education within the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Distance Education, Higher Education, Legal Education (Professions)
Shearer, Kenneth D., Ed.; Burgin, Robert, Ed. – 2001
From scholarly discourse to the latest issues in readers' advisory services, this guide provides up-to-date information on the many challenges of the practice, as well as on interdisciplinary directions, continuing education, and the gap in graduate professional education for readers' advisory. The book's 16 chapters are organized into three main…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Scientists, Information Services, Library Services
Dixon, Terry P.; And Others – 1992
This document contains papers and transcripts from a university faculty colloquium which shared views about teaching methods and information on successful approaches. Following a copy of the colloquium announcement and a brief introduction, the main section presents transcripts of the presentations. The first discusses the structure and role of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Instruction, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
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Stielow, Frederick J.; Tibbo, Helen R. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1987
Describes the addition of a collection management module to an advanced reference course in the arts and humanities, and reports the preliminary findings of a practicum that used the Research Libraries Group Conspectus as a basis for collection analysis in the humanities for a university library. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Graduate Study, Humanities
Boadi, Benzies Y.; And Others – 1987
Developed with the support of the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) and the University of Botswana (Africa), this five-week "long vacation" training program includes four modules designed to provide refresher and in-service training for those library assistants who have work experience but have not been able to attend…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Indexing
Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI. Dept. of Library Science. – 1978
This publication outlines and presents a series of 27 learning modules for a course in medical librarianship intended to be conducted in an individualized instructional framework featuring lectures, small group discussions, talks by guest speakers from the medical profession, on-site observation of hospital libraries, on-line demonstrations of…
Descriptors: Databases, Health Services, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Jennerich, Elaine Z.; Jennerich, Edward J. – 1997
Customer service is a vital part of library service. The reference interview remains a key element in assisting library patrons with information needs. This book shows librarians how to combine creativity with professional expertise in reference interviews, to provide quality customer service and satisfy patrons. The book is divided into 11…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Creative Thinking, Higher Education, Information Seeking
Lowe, David; Watters, Annette Jones – 1984
This book is in the form of a bibliographic essay, and addresses the needs of educators seeking access to legal research materials. The first item discussed is court decisions and examples are given which demonstrate the importance of legal precedent. An explanation is given of the complicated systems for reporting court decisions and how the…
Descriptors: Codification, Court Litigation, Documentation, Educational Legislation
Roberts, Deanna – 1991
This report provides instructional materials for a voluntary introductory workshop in the use of the Educational Resources and Information Clearinghouse (ERIC) database on CD-ROM. The workshop instruction is based on Leslie J. Brigg's Theories of Instructional Design with instructional objectives based on Robert Gagne's Learning Taxonomy. Library…
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Students, Databases, Higher Education
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