The Interlibrary Loan department at the University of Mississippi wished to examine interlibrary loan borrowing data dating back to the implementation of the ILLiad system in August 2001 in order to determine why the number of cancellations due to local availability continues to increase. The patron information was extracted in an attempt to…

Reprinted from the PNLA (Pacific Northwest Library Association) Quarterly, v33 n3 p11-15, Spring 1969. (JW)

Collecting and presenting children's literature takes on new meaning when the audience is comprised of students who are affluent and represent the dominant culture. As a school librarian, the author of this article believes that children's literature provides a means by which she can introduce the diversity of society into the classroom.…

The article relates how the Brooklyn Campus Library of Long Island University, despite limitations of physical distance and the varying conditions of the remote graduate campus at Westchester, makes every effort to face each challenge creatively with practical solutions for implementation. We share our findings and experiences--what worked and…

Four new approaches to library user education are briefly described. (KP)

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.…

Twenty scholarly papers and fifteen abstracts comprise the content of the twelfth annual Brick and Click Libraries Symposium, held at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The peer-reviewed proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship.…

In this paper, the author discusses various articles that offer practical programs, as well as detailed analysis of data, highlighting the breadth and depth of librarians' literature. These are: (1) Albitz, R. S. (2007). "The what and who of information literacy and critical thinking in higher education." "Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 7(1),…

This paper presents a variety of attempts at evaluation and deals with evaluating the need for library use instruction; user needs in library use knowledge; examples of evaluation studies; evaluation of formal bibliographic skill courses; and, creation of evaluation questionnaries with examples. (5 references) (Author/NH)

How to effectively teach students one of the most important skills they can learn during their college years--how to use a library (any library) to investigate a subject independently--is the concern of this article. (Author/NH)

The reference librarians found that the instruction program has stimulated more questions that indicate, not only a new awareness of need, but also at least a basic knowledge of what to ask. (6 references) (Author)

In recent decades the literature dealing with graduate students and library use, including bibliographic instruction, information-seeking behavior, and information literacy has grown. However, there still appears to be a lack of research and resources available on the information-seeking behavior skills of graduate education students, which can…

This report presents information on the administrative organization of library instruction programs for university undergraduates in the United States and England. Particular attention was paid to libraries with professionals designated as "library instruction librarians." Four patterns of organization were found; broad staff involvement…

This article serves as an introduction to the Classroom Teaching'' section of the journal and, as such, gives an overview of the articles included in the section. (3 references) (NH)