This article explores the one-shot library instruction model by asking critical questions about how it has become ubiquitous in the field. The authors developed these questions with the intent to understand how early-career librarians become acculturated to one-shots, how social identity and positionality shape instructional practices, its impact…

Examines library programs for teaching information technologies and argues that many fulfill the wishes of librarians, not faculty and students. Faculty visions for the use of technology in teaching, research, and publishing are discussed. It is concluded that librarians must look at technology from the faculty viewpoint in order to develop…

Describes a study of secondary school library media specialists in Maine and Pennsylvania that was conducted to establish a baseline of data relating to the use of CD-ROM databases for reference purposes. Topics addressed include database titles; networking; staffing concerns; budget; funding; attitudes toward CD-ROMs; and training and curriculum…