University of South Florida librarians developed 1) a library lecture series in which presentations were faculty-initiated and tailored to each situation; and 2) a course to help students develop library skills. A computer analysis of library statistics showed increased student library use since the course has been given. (LS)

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,…

Intended for librarians and teachers, this guide describes a library instruction program for teaching subject analysis to middle and high school students. The program is comprised of three units: subject analysis, classification scheme construction, and subject headings. Background material for the librarian, exercises for students, and answers to…

Designed to accompany the library handbook for freshman students at Rochelle Township High School, this workbook includes a variety of purposeful activities to reinforce the learning of basic library research skills and the use of tools. Topics covered include: how the Dewey Decimal System works; how to use the card catalog; how to locate books in…

This pamphlet, the first of three library skills modules for college students, describes a library tour designed to familiarize students with the physical facilities, services, and materials of the library. Unit I also includes brief discussions of the card catalog, classification systems, circulation procedures, interlibrary loan policies, and…

The second of three library skills modules for college students, this unit explains the card catalog, call numbers, filing rules, types of catalog cards and the information they relate, and Dewey and Library of Congress classification systems. The library location charts and how they are to be used are also discussed. Included with the unit are…

The last of three library skills modules for college students, Unit III provides definitions of periodicals, indexes and abstracts, as well as discussion of how to select the appropriate index or abstract, how to interpret a citation, and how to locate bound journals, microfilms, and current issues of journals in the library. Copying and borrowing…

This program of library instruction, which was designed by undergraduate librarians to introduce basic library skills to incoming undergraduates, presents the services and resources of the two undergraduate libraries, facilitates the development of positive attitudes towards the library, and promotes recognition of libraries as an information…

The Training System Model (TSM) is designed to prepare education students to find and use information sources effectively for course assignments. It describes how a basic information utilization skills training program can be constructed for education students with different information needs. Training in information utilization skills as…

This progress report of the Georgia Southern College Library presents information on a comprehensive program that involved the library in all aspects of the academic program. Objectives were to: (1) inform the college community about present and planned library services and programs; (2) attempt to expose all undergraduates to the organization of…

A timed comparison was made of two methods of searching. Five bibliographic searchers timed themselves while searching by possible main entries in the National Union Catalog. The authors then timed themselves searching the same items by title in the English Language Books by Title and in Library of Congress National Program for Acquisitions and…

Harvie Branscomb was one of the pioneers in elucidating the interrelationship between the academic library and an institution's instructional program. His emphasis was on teaching with books, making them more accessible, and integrating them into the instructional program. Louis Shores expanded on this theme with his idea of a Library-College.…

This paper attempts to assess the post masters training program given at Wayne State University Medical Library between 1967-1970. Probabilistic conclusions suggest certain educational activities be undertaken: (1) There is no justification to create a post masters program to teach basic library techniques and library schools must incorporate…

The major purpose of this study was two-fold: to determine the level of achievement in selected library skills for freshmen at Central Washington State College (CWSC), and to determine which library skills, as delimited within a test, were possessed by those freshmen and which skills needed to be taught. This study was designed to test the…

This guide consists of a series of behavioral objectives for the student, K-12. It has been prepared by librarians to aid teachers in using the library as an extension of their classroom teaching and to aid librarians in providing the needed materials and activities for both teachers and students. It should be useful to teachers in planning…