Suggests the in-house creation of graphics for orienting users to the library. (PF)

The New Start program at the University of Nebraska-Omaha was initiated in 1975 to focus on the needs and concerns of nontraditional students, i.e, individuals who are at least 25 years old and have been away from formal education for at least three years. Offered as an elective course for one hour of credit, the program includes reviews of basic…

How to "hook" faculty and students when giving library lectures. (LS)

In 1976 Lawrence University of Wisconsin was a recipient of a Library Service Enhancement Program grant from the Council on Library Resources. This report describes the project librarian's activities during the planning year, and also provides an outline of the program of bibliographic instruction to be implemented at Lawrence. Included are…

THE OVER-ALL OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPUTER-BASED INSTRUCTION IN TEACHING THE USE OF THE LIBRARY. THE SIXTY-SIX STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS THREE SEMESTER EXPERIMENT WERE UNDERGRADUATES ENROLLED IN LIBRARY SCIENCE 195, A COURSE OFFERED FOR CREDIT BY THE UNIVERSITY OF…

THIS STUDY WAS CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEM OF DEFINING THE CONTENT OF THE CURRICULUM FOR MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS IN LIBRARY SCIENCE. THE SPECIFIC AREA EXPLORED BASIC OR INTRODUCTORY REFERENCE. THE STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO (1) OBTAIN THE JUDGMENTS OF PRACTICING REFERENCE LIBRARIANS RELATIVE TO THE USEFULNESS OF A SELECTED LIST OF BASIC REFERENCE…

This series of articles approaches the major issues in academic libraries including faculty status for librarians, mass instruction method for teaching library skills, performance appraisal for librarians, and the controversy as to a research requirement for all librarians. (JAB)

Operative assumptions about librarians as teachers and the concentration of instruction on technical rather than conceptual skills are questioned. The importance of teaching a conceptual framework for development of library researching skills is stressed, with reference to ideas about the learning process. (Author)

A system for library orientation used at the University of North Dakota included cue cards suspended from the ceiling in five areas--reference, study room and computers, periodicals, government documents and microforms, and special collections--at which a tour group would listen to a brief talk. Student and staff response was favorable. (1…

The overall objective of the simulation game "INDEX-IN-DICE" is to familiarize the student with the variety and number of periodical indexes and abstracting services available as sources of current information. (Author/ER)

A cooperative effort, Project LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange), designed to exchange ideas and information relating to orientation and instruction in academic libraries is discussed. (Author/SJ)

The correct strategy for any contemplated requirements study is precisely whatever management needs at the time to make a good intuitive choice among alternate courses of action--no more and no less. (19 references) (Author)

Evaluation and the objectives of library instruction are inextricably linked; evaluation starts with a questioning of the necessity of library instruction itself. It begins by asking if library instruction can meet student needs, if it embraces realistic objectives, and if it is cost effective. (17 references) (Author/NH)

One of the major findings of this study is that the use of the library, especially in the eyes of the nonuser, is strictly course-related, and unless he is "guided" in this manner, the inspiration or the inclination, or the time to extend himself are not there. (6 references) (Author/NH)