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Technology: Ten Years after TILT--New Uses of Technology to Promote Information Literacy
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Bell, Colleen, Ed. – Public Services Quarterly, 2007
About a decade ago, a team of librarians and technologists at the University of Texas at Austin began development on a Web-based tutorial for undergraduate students. The tutorial used a range of technologies--HTML, Flash, javascript--to create four modules that emphasized information literacy concepts by using a mix of text, images, interactive…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Information Literacy, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education
Maximum Utilization of School Library Resources.
Wight, Lillian; Grossman, A. – 1977
The provision of a full-time teacher librarian at Westbrook elementary school under an educational opportunities fund project has made the library a functional, integral part of the total education program of the school. The full-time appointment enables the librarian to provide inservice activities for teachers, and to teach study and research…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education
Library Skills.
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Paul, Karin; Kuhlthau, Carol C.; Branch, Jennifer L.; Solowan, Diane Galloway; Case, Roland; Abilock, Debbie; Eisenberg, Michael B.; Koechlin, Carol; Zwaan, Sandi; Hughes, Sandra; Low, Ann; Litch, Margaret; Lowry, Cindy; Irvine, Linda; Stimson, Margaret; Schlarb, Irene; Wilson, Janet; Warriner, Emily; Parsons, Les; Luongo-Orlando, Katherine; Hamilton, Donald – School Libraries in Canada, 2003
Includes 19 articles that address issues related to library skills and Canadian school libraries. Topics include information literacy; inquiry learning; critical thinking and electronic research; collaborative inquiry; information skills and the Big 6 approach to problem solving; student use of online databases; library skills; Internet accuracy;…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Teaching the Internet.
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Baird-Krul, Carol; Silver, Janet Christianson – School Libraries in Canada, 1998
Describes a library research module that was developed for a grade 8 life skills curriculum. A workbook format was designed to include traditional skills such as note taking, bibliographic form, and catalog use, as well as electronic research, including Internet use, World Wide Web sites, and CD-ROMs. (LRW)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Electronic Libraries
Preparing Students for Information Literacy. School Library Programs and the Cooperative Planning Process.
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Eshpeter, Barry; Gray, Judy – 1989
This report discusses the development of a school library program for Canadian schools that departs from tradition by focusing on the instructional role as the most significant work of the teacher-librarian and presents a new program model paradigm. The paradigm is examined under three main headings: (1) the instructional component; (2) student…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy
Individualized Instruction for Undergraduates: Term Paper Clinic Staffed by MLS Students.
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Auster, Ethel; And Others – College & Research Libraries, 1994
Describes the goals, planning, implementation, and assessment of a term paper clinic for undergraduates conducted by Master of Library Science students and provides recommendations for similar undertakings. The results of a participant survey, including how students heard of the course and their impressions of it, are presented. A copy of the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students
High School to University: What Skills Do Students Need?
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Daniel, Eileen – 1997
The problem of transferring library and information searching skills from high school to college is not new, but has become intensified in the last decade by the pressures of the information explosion, new technologies, and budget reductions. This paper compares the library skills required of students in their final year of high school with those…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Freshmen, Critical Thinking, Electronic Publishing