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Direct linkBarnes, Cameron – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2013
Over the next few years, librarians at many Australian universities will participate in the creation of local Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). This article aims to prepare librarians for this task. It begins by summarising the development of the MOOC concept and then moves on to review the growing literature on MOOCs and librarians. It…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Online Courses, Open Education, Library Role
Macdonald, Katrina – Australian Library Journal, 2009
From the information literacy educator's perspective, librarians have the potential to play important roles in strengthening information literacy elements within curricula learning scaffolds. While there needs to be an increased awareness amongst academics about the forms of assistance teaching librarians can provide teachers as integrated…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Information Literacy, Reflective Teaching, Librarians
Kirton, Jennifer; Barham, Lyn; Brady, Sean – Australian Library Journal, 2008
Most research on information literacy has emerged from the academic sector and there is a lack of research undertaken in the workplace. To further expand on this area of study, a survey was undertaken to investigate librarians' understanding of information literacy and the application of information literacy in government libraries in Australia.…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Libraries, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy
Carlile, Heather – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2007
Academic reference librarians continually observe that many students are embarrassed about not knowing how to use the library and are reluctant to approach the reference desk. The theory of library anxiety offers an explanation, proposing that a fear of being in and using libraries serves as a psychological barrier, hindering many university…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Reference Services, College Students, Foreign Countries
Condon, Patrick; Cook, Johanna – 1980
This report describes User Education Resources (USER), an Australian database containing both print and audiovisual materials related to library instruction. Intended to make a wide range of ideas readily available to librarians interested in educating library patrons, USER collects catalog guides, classification guides, evaluation forms, floor…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Databases, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Ellis, Jenny; Salisbury, Fiona – Australian Library Journal, 2004
This article reports on a study we conducted with first-year students in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne in 2003. Building upon our 2002 research ("Library Review," 2003, vol 52, no 5 pp209-217), we investigated the prior library instruction, information preferences and skills of students enrolled in first-year…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Information Literacy, Student Attitudes, Library Instruction
