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Smalley, Topsy N. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2004
Many students who enroll in a community college "Information Research" course come from three local school districts. Of those three districts, only one has librarians. Through examining grade rosters, this study demonstrates that student achievement is substantially higher for students who come from high schools that have librarians and…
Descriptors: Library Services, School Libraries, Library Skills, Information Literacy
Kenney, Lawrence M. – 1990
This paper urges teachers and librarians to join hands and make their voices heard prior to the convening of the White House Conference on Library and Information Services (WHCLIS) in July 1991. Issues librarians should consider include how libraries can more effectively support formal literacy education; assist greater numbers of learners and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Federal Programs, Information Seeking, Librarians
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
Bernstein, Mae; And Others – 1978
This curriculum guide is designed to assist the librarian and classroom teacher in providing a program of essential library skills for all secondary students, and designing learning activities which will reinforce the use of these media skills. The outline is divided into sections on locating materials; using materials; research materials;…
Descriptors: Activities, Bibliographies, Curriculum Guides, Glossaries
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. – 1978
This general curriculum guide identifies certain skills students in kindergarten through grade 12 need to become independent in the use of informational resources, and provides a sequenced continuum of library study skills to be taught systematically, with examples of objectives, activities, resources, and evaluation methods. Since this is a…
Descriptors: Administrators, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Resources
Bantly, Harold A., Comp.; Freedman, Janet L., Comp. – 1979
Written for practicing librarians and media specialists who want to design and develop successful programs to teach high school and college students how to locate and use print, media, human, and community information resources, this guide outlines the whys and hows of needs assessment, gives guidelines for establishing program goals and…
Descriptors: College Students, High School Students, Librarians, Library Instruction
Merriam, Joyce – 1979
Findings, observations, and recommendations resulting from a study of existing library instruction programs in secondary schools throughout Massachusetts are presented. Thirty-one school systems identified as feeder schools for the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and eight smaller schools were visited to collect information which would…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, High School Students, Instructional Programs, Librarians

Kreiser, Latane C.; Hortin, John – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1993
Presents research dealing with the transition of school libraries into curriculum-integrated programs: centralized collections, qualified versus nonqualified librarians, achievement, attitudes, skills development, and flexible scheduling. Two studies by Kreiser (1991) and van Deusen show promise but more research is needed because schools across…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Centralization, Course Integrated Library Instruction
Wagner, Colette A.; Kappner, Augusta S. – 1987
Today, more than ever, non-traditional college students are seeking power over their lives through education. However, unwilling to spend time learning how to find required information, non-traditional students often gather and process only limited amounts of information, thus isolating themselves from the power they seek and sealing their fate as…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, College Faculty, Educational Cooperation
Whitford, Ellen V.; Hornberger, Timothy R. – 1982
This paper describes the development and implementation of a library instruction unit for use in a basic reading and study skills course for freshmen at Trenton State College in New Jersey. A brief discussion of reasons for the lack of library skills among these students is followed by a list of course objectives. It is noted that at the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, College Freshmen, College Libraries, Higher Education
Patterson, Margaret C. – 1976
This paper argues that more cooperation is needed between scholars and librarians. Toward this end, we need first to produce more literary scholars who are truly skilled in librarianship, and second, we need to produce more librarians who are true scholars. Some library-oriented professors give copies of their lesson plans to the reference…
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Students, Cooperative Planning, Higher Education
Freeman, Doris L.; And Others – 1977
This curriculum guide is designed to assist the librarian and classroom teacher in providing a program of essential library skills for all elementary school students, and designing learning activities which will reinforce the use of these media skills. The outline is divided into sections on locating, using, searching, appreciating, and producing…
Descriptors: Activities, Bibliographies, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education

Biggs, Mary Mancuso; Weber, Mark – 1979
Effective library instruction must be course- and assignment-related, planned cooperatively by the librarian and course instructor, and based upon personal contact between the librarian and students, as illustrated by the instructional program at the University of Evansville library. Before beginning instruction, the librarian must determine the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Librarians
Reveal, Arlene Hadfield – 1976
The premise that additional cooperation between the librarian and classroom teacher promoted acquisition of library skills, was investigated. The mutually exclusive subhypotheses were also tested. Twenty senior high school students in two small Mono County, California high schools served as the target population for the study. The experimental…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, High School Students, Hypothesis Testing, Librarians
Wehmeyer, Lillian Biermann – 1976
Basic orientation to educational theory and research is provided to further the teaching role of the school librarian. This liberally-illustrated handbook also includes instructions for a variety of games and other motivational devices. Principles of motivation theory outlined in Chapter 2 are given immediate practical application in Chapters 3-5,…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Educational Theories, Guides, Independent Study