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Shaffer, Barbara A. – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2011
Graduate students are a significant segment in online instruction programs, yet little is known about how well they learn the necessary library research skills in this increasingly popular mode of distance learning. This pre- and posttest study and citation analysis examined learning and confidence among students in graduate education programs,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Feedback (Response), Graduate Students, Graduate Study
Pressley, Lauren – Computers in Libraries, 2008
Today's students have grown up in an information environment very different from the one that many people remember. They have been raised on the fast-paced edutainment of "Sesame Street" and have spent their adolescence watching 3-minute music videos on MTV. Their media environment specializes in short messages and multimedia, with news dispatched…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Internet, Online Searching, Access to Information
Corcos, Evelyne; Monty, Vivienne – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2008
To introduce students to library research skills, university faculty often encourage them to attend hour-long presentations offered by the library. This face-to-face introduction to research skills can be disappointing, however, if students do not participate during the session. This article reports on a study that focused on improving student…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Library Research, Research Methodology, Student Participation
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
Spence, Lucy K. – Teacher Librarian, 2009
Teacher-librarians have implemented collaborations, becoming facilitators of literacy development throughout their schools as library research moves into multimodal forms. For instance, Wolf & Jordan (2006) studied teacher-librarian collaboration with third grade students researching and writing within a unit on severe weather preparedness. The…
Descriptors: Library Research, Second Language Learning, Cooperation, Writing Processes
Dopke-Wilson, MariRae – Educators' Spotlight Digest, 2007
Getting acclimated to campus life is overwhelming to most freshmen, making library orientation low on their priority list. The author teams up with two college librarians in action. Michael Pasqualoni, Instructional Services Librarian at Syracuse University Library, taught IST 200 last Fall. He relied on an arsenal of media tools to keep students…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Information Literacy
Betne, Prabha; Castonguay, Remi – Education, 2008
This article provides results from a survey of library and web resources usage by students enrolled in mathematics courses at LaGuardia Community College. The study examined information and technology usage habits and library skills of mathematics students. The study also identified the library/information services that mathematics students…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Mathematics Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology
Roberts, Joshua C.; Bhatt, Jay – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2007
As information professionals, engineering librarians have the primary responsibilities of providing access to engineering information resources and giving instruction in how to use these resources. In the case of undergraduate engineering students, this extends to building their information literacy skills, an important component in helping them…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Lifelong Learning, Active Learning
Aronson, Marc – School Library Journal, 2007
Welcome to the 21st century, where many students turn to Google as their main source of information. In fact, some kids wouldn't look anywhere else but the Internet. So what does that mean for nonfiction books? Five years ago, everybody warned that fresh, interactive digital content would eventually replace old-fashioned books. However, last…
Descriptors: Internet, Nonfiction, Search Engines, Books
Anderson, Dee – ALA Editions, 2008
Because they're quick and fun to read, riddles can "hook" even reluctant readers and keep them coming back for more. Riddles also improve vocabulary, comprehension, and oral reading; enhance deductive and inductive thinking skills; and promote libraries as places for fun. Drawing on her work with children in schools and public libraries, Dee…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Oral Reading, Public Libraries, Library Skills
Roselle, Ann – Journal of Developmental Education, 2008
This qualitative study examines current community college library practices in developmental education. Based on semistructured telephone interviews with 27 librarians across the United States, analysis of the results shows that there are librarians who proactively integrate basic library skills into developmental education and academic success…
Descriptors: Assignments, Community Colleges, College Libraries, Library Skills
Kenedy, Robert; Monty, Vivienne – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2008
There are multiple stages to developing critical skills when both the librarian and faculty member are partners in the process. One of the first actions is for both the librarian and the faculty member to be in the library class to help students with information literacy. A teaching dynamic becomes evident, and the students understand the…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Research Skills, Information Literacy, Librarians
Attar, K. E. – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2006
Students have provided cheap successful labour for routine retrospective cataloguing projects. The current article examines a library project which went further, using university students with minimum training to catalogue its undergraduate stock from the book in hand to AACR2, level 2, allegedly to professional standard. The article discusses the…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Skills, Librarians, Cataloging

Smalley, Topsy N. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1977
Operative assumptions about librarians as teachers and the concentration of instruction on technical rather than conceptual skills are questioned. The importance of teaching a conceptual framework for development of library researching skills is stressed, with reference to ideas about the learning process. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Librarians, Library Instruction
Ojedokun, Ayoku A.; Moahi, Kgomotso H. – Education for Information, 2007
This study probed the use of digital library skills by MLIS graduates, and their perception of employment preparation for the emergent information market in Botswana. The study used a survey approach. The study was carried out in 2004. A total of 32 MLIS graduates (1996-2003) of the Department of Library and Information Studies in employment were…
Descriptors: Job Training, Information Systems, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries