Presents eight annotations from the ERIC database that offer suggestions about ways teachers and librarians can motivate students to use the library and to develop library skills. (PRA)

A survey questionnaire was sent to 200 academic libraries in Pennsylvania to identify those that were involved in library instruction and to ascertain the content of such programs. This directory is the product of the survey and presents the information collected. The 67 responding libraries are listed in alphabetical order. The questionnaire used…

Reviewed are eight recent instructional kits, supplementary texts, and professional references for K-8 library and study skills instruction. (SJL)

This directory of academic, public, and special libraries offering library instruction programs provides the address, name, and phone number of a contact person, and a brief description of the program. The annotated bibliography includes 39 recent articles on library instruction divided into these categories: general, guides and signage,…

This bibliography of materials that facilitate the teaching of library skills on the elementary and secondary levels is organized under 12 clusters of essential skills: orientation, citizenship, listening and interpreting skills, selection of media, parts of a book, publication terminology, nonbook terminology, introduction and location of…

Reviewed are 12 recent instructional kits, supplementary texts, and professional references for library and study skills instruction in the secondary grades. (SJL)

Emphasizing journal literature from the late 1800's to the mid-1930's, this chronologically-arranged compilation annotates articles about library instruction in colleges, universities, and schools of teacher education in the United States. It provides access to secondary materials for historians and librarians interested in academic library…

Lists and annotates eight items from the ERIC database that discuss ways to motivate children to use the library and to read. (PRA)

This handout is a guide to library resources in the J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte for the criticism of poetry. The guide enables the reader to find sources of criticism on poetry, including critical articles and essays about single poems, or writings on the work of a single author. The guide's sections…

Discussion of the development of educational standards and the impact on school library media programs focuses on what constitutes information skills, or information literacy. Documents for 27 states are listed that outline the information skills actually taught in the various states. (LRW)

This handout is a guide to library resources in the J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, intended to help students find sources of criticism on Modern British Literature (long fiction, short fiction, poetry, and drama). The guide explains important reference sources in the Atkins library reference collection and…

This handout is a guide to library resources in the J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, for sources of criticism for the study of 17th-century British author John Milton. The guide is intended to help readers find critical and biographical information on Milton. It explains important reference sources in the…

Discusses art teachers' information needs and outlines optimal library research strategies for retrieving various sorts of information. Included is an annotated bibliography of reference sources for art teachers. (AM)

Concludes that education for adult services librarians has changed little during the last four decades. There are some new courses, some new emphases, a little more flexibility, but the basic structure remains the same: few library schools offer more than one course; continuing education is necessary for specialization. (Author/JD)

Provides an annotated bibliography of eight articles that offer suggestions about ways teachers and librarians can use the library to help students learn. (MG)