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Short-Term Library Skill Competencies: Arguing for the Achievable.

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Feinberg, Richard; King, Christine – College and Research Libraries, 1988

Reviews the standards for librarians and students involved in the library use education process and discusses the feasibility of producing lifelong, expert library researchers through this process. A model of simpler, more achievable goals is presented. (9 references and notes) (Author/CLB)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Competency Based Education, Educational Objectives, Higher Education

Developing and Using the Online Catalog to Teach Critical Thinking.

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Bechtel, Joan – Information Technology and Libraries, 1988

Discusses the need to teach undergraduate students the critical thinking processes necessary to formulating and researching a topic, rather than the technicalities of online catalogs. The development and design of an online catalog at Dickinson College, which forces students to make informed choices throughout the search process, is described.…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Educational Objectives