In order to assess the competence of library users at Bergen Community College (Paramus, New Jersey), a survey of the student body was conducted which revealed that more than half of the students used the library as a resource center and that approximately 64 percent of students had been exposed to a library orientation program in their English classes. Despite this finding, librarians continued to observe that students were deficient in research skills. It was recommended that an innovative course in library orientation and research skills be developed and experimentally administered. (EMH)