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Brown, Stephanie Willen; Hammond, Chelsea C. – Library Journal, 2008
This article reports that the Scopus Student Ambassador (SAm) program, funded by Elsevier, permitted the University of Connecticut (UConn) Libraries to hire graduate students to teach citation searching, using both Scopus and Web of Science, to other graduate students. The training does not cost the libraries anything, and it is free for graduate…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, College Libraries, Social Work, Citations (References)
Marshall, Ann; Burns, Vicki; Briden, Judi – Library Journal, 2007
In this article, the authors discuss how the University of Rochester's two-year ethnographic study reveals what students do on campus and how the library fits in. Under Nancy Fried Foster's guidance, teams of librarians and staff conducted a two-year investigation. The goal: to improve the libraries' reference services, facilities, and web pages…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Academic Libraries, Reference Services, Internet
Frey, Amy Louise; Spigel, Saul – Library Journal, 1979
Describes the organization and administration of a program designed to educate adults in the use of a library. The program, which is offered as a series of six workshops led by department members, uses library facilities and library generated materials. (JVP)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Guidelines, Library Services
Squire, Kurt; Steinkuehler, Constance – Library Journal, 2005
Why pay attention to games? For starters, games are the "medium of choice" for many Millennials, with broad participation among the 30 and under population. Although part of a web of new media, technology, and social shifts, games are the quintessential site for examining these changes. Game cultures feature participation in a collective…
Descriptors: Computers, Library Skills, Research Skills, Libraries
Farber, Evan Ira – Library Journal, 1984
Discussion of college students' dependency on the library card catalog as a problem in bibliographic instruction covers student attitudes toward card catalog; catalog shortcomings (portions of books are not indicated, subject headings don't always match user's terms, availability not indicated); a positive teaching approach; and online…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Design
Dickinson, Dennis W. – Library Journal, 1981
Warns that library user education in the school system is inadequate, as evidenced by the inability of incoming college students to use the library. Such instruction must expand at lower educational levels if academic libraries are to focus on instruction in specialized areas of research. Nine references are listed. (RAA)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Bound Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Mellon, Constance A. – Library Journal, 1988
Discusses the library skills preparation of students entering college and reports on a study of students' attitudes about doing research in an academic library which revealed feelings of anxiety. Implications of this anxiety for the design of bibliographic instruction programs, as well as specific instructional techniques, are described. (5…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Anxiety, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Dupuis, Elizabeth A. – Library Journal, 2001
Discussion of the need for information literacy skills in higher education focuses on the development of a Web-based tutorial by the University of Texas at Austin library that can be integrated into first-year courses. Describes TILT (Texas Information Literacy Tutorial) and explains how other libraries can adapt it for their own use. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Literacy, Library Instruction
LaGuardia, Cheryl – Library Journal, 1992
Experience at the reference desk motivated this librarian to redesign a library skills course to meet the basic and practical needs of undergraduates. Activity-based rather than conceptual, this "crash library survival course" resulted in increased student success and enthusiasm. (EA)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 1986
Describes some of the most active school library programs for introducing elementary and secondary school students to online searching. Highlights include searches performed by librarians and students; skills acquired by students (search strategy, choosing appropriate databases, accessing information online); frequently searched databases; and…
Descriptors: Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Instruction
Childers, Thomas A. – Library Journal, 1994
Social and economic issues affecting the vitality of public libraries in California are discussed. A 1993 study by the California State Library identified diminishing reference skills and reference collections, reduced funding which impacted staffing, increased demand, technology change, and language/culture issues as contributing factors to…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Library Collections, Library Networks, Library Role
Riley, Margaret – Library Journal, 1996
Developing an Internet local job resource collection to expand library services to jobseekers utilizes librarian expertise in the evaluation, selection, and presentation of resources. This article provides Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and descriptions for online resource guides containing job information, resume services, recruiting sites, job…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Employment Opportunities, Evaluation Criteria, Information Technology
Roth, Lorie – Library Journal, 1999
Discusses teaching information literacy in academic libraries and describes programs developed at California State University that considered new technologies; changing student characteristics, enrollment patterns, and skills; determining authenticity and quality of information sources, particularly on the Internet; curriculum development;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Enrollment Trends