Highlights the role that instruction librarians need to play in assessing and creating usable Web sites, based on experiences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). Discusses the importance of needs assessment to determine instructional issues and outlines the Web site redesign process currently underway at UNC, including…

Describes a workshop for teaching library users how to manage reprint files which was developed at the University of Southern California Norris Medical Library. Software programs designed for this purpose are suggested, and a sidebar lists software features to consider. (eight references) (MES)

Discusses the necessity of incorporating bibliographic instruction courses into the curriculum of teacher preparation programs and reviews the literature in this area. A unit which introduces elementary education majors to school library services as a part of a required children's literature course at Western State College of Colorado is…

Examines the faculty-librarian relationship, explores the contentious territories of professional credibility and identity, and analyzes changes in Australian higher education that impact the educational role of librarians related to information literacy. Discusses attitudes of faculty toward collaboration with librarians and how well prepared…

Describes an instructional model for teaching library skills which consists of a 30-minute lecture followed by a 20-minute exercise. Assumptions about learning and the educational process are discussed as well as goal-setting for the class and exercise. It is suggested that this format could be applied to other disciplines. (10 references) (MES)

Examines the effectiveness of a library instruction program at Concordia College, a four-year liberal arts college with fewer than 3,000 students. Measures it against a pilot group of students exposed to enhanced information literacy opportunities based on the ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) "Information Literacy for…

Presents a bibliography of literature published during 2001 relating to library instruction and information literacy, the majority of which dealt with the implementation of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) standards for information literacy in higher education. Also includes school libraries, public libraries, special…

Explains the basic requirements of Proposition 48 and discusses why college student-athletes are an important target for library user education, and how libraries can help student-athletes maintain their eligibility. A library user education module for student-athletes developed at the University of Wisconsin at Madison is described. (20…

Describes an online, for-credit information literacy class developed at the California State University, Hayward library to meet student needs and to explore the potential of distance education. Describes course content and discusses findings that suggest that students are less prepared to function in a Web-based distance education environment…

Reviews research that indicates that effective adult education should focus on the immediate needs of the student and applies those findings to library instruction. Suggestions for instructional approaches that stress the practical aspects of library instruction and address the special needs of adult reentry students are offered. (21 references)…

Discusses the process that University of the Pacific Library developed to assess the impact of classroom and online bibliographic instruction on first-year students' information skills and self-confidence. Describes the planning process, selection of different types of assessment devices, and the results of their implementation. (LRW)

Reports on data from an ongoing study of information literacy and bibliographic instruction in Canadian academic libraries whose goal is to identify instructional outcomes and characterize successful instruction. Focuses on the current practices of librarian-instructors teaching bibliographic instruction in Canada and suggests implications for…

Discusses types of peer training and describes the development of peer training instruction for reference/instruction librarians at DePaul University (Illinois) to keep communication open among staff members, share subject expertise, sharpen skills needed in group and one-on-one instruction, train new librarians, and provide ongoing professional…

Considers how to meet the challenge of providing students in large college courses with effective library instruction and describes librarian cooperation with faculty in the development of a Web tutorial and supplementary course materials to deliver library instruction. Explains how the tutorial was incorporated into the class syllabus and…

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…