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Peer reviewedBuehler, Marianne; Dopp, Elizabeth; Hughes, Kerry A.; Thompson, Jen – Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 2001
Describes library services available to distance learners at the Rochester Institute of Technology's library. Highlights include courseware products; subject specialists; electronic course reserves; interlibrary loan; research databases; online library instruction, including online guides, streamed instruction, and computer based training for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Copyrights, Courseware
Download full textValauskas, Edward J., Ed.; Vaccaro, Bill, Ed. – 1991
This annual collection contains the following 14 papers about the use of Macintosh computers in libraries: "Of Mice and Macs: The Integration of the Macintosh into the Operations and Services of the University of Tennessee, Memphis Health Science Library" (Lois M. Bellamy); "Networking Reference CD-Roms in the Apple Library"…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Desktop Publishing
McKenzie, Darlene E. – 1995
In view of increased numbers of international students attending colleges and universities in the United States and the resulting need for librarians to be aware of these students' information needs, this study analyzes data assembled from 56 responses by international students to a questionnaire distributed at Kent State University (Ohio). The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Literacy, Foreign Students
Koss, Andrea Inez – 1996
This research paper addresses the information needs of Kent State University's (Ohio) Master's of Business Administration (MBA) students. Data was collected from the students using a focused information needs questionnaire, and then summarized. The results were analyzed to determine which tools were being used by MBA students when they research…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Business Administration Education, Graduate Students, Higher Education
American Library Association Video/Library Video Network, Towson, MD. – 1995
This videotape provides a general overview of the kinds of services and materials available at the public library. The videotape can be used as part of a general orientation program for volunteers, new users, or community groups. Topics covered include: the information desk and reference services; the Dewey Decimal System and how to locate books…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Education, Cataloging, Dewey Decimal Classification
Fast-Facts: Recent Statistics from the Library Research Service, 1995
Four issues of a newsletter on recent library statistics provide information on Colorado school library media centers, as well as census data on state and local government library spending. A 1994 survey of school library media centers reveals a lack of adequate library media staffing in half of the public elementary and secondary schools.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Technology
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1991
The information in this book was taken from 1990 annual reports submitted to the Texas State Library by public libraries in that state. The statistics reflect each library's 1990 local fiscal year, i.e., the fiscal year that includes January 1, 1990. The publication opens with general information about the Texas State Library governing or advisory…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Information Technology, Library Automation, Library Circulation
Eshpeter, Barry; Gray, Judy – 1989
This report discusses the development of a school library program for Canadian schools that departs from tradition by focusing on the instructional role as the most significant work of the teacher-librarian and presents a new program model paradigm. The paradigm is examined under three main headings: (1) the instructional component; (2) student…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy
Fast, Margaret; And Others – 1992
The Bibliographic Instruction Committee of the Wichita State (Kansas) University Libraries recommended changes to improve the current bibliographic instruction program for lower division undergraduates. The shortcomings of the current program, one class period in a required English course, were analyzed; and suggestions were made to improve the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Bibliographies, College Faculty, College Libraries
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Instructional Resources Branch. – 1994
This document was prepared as a guide for educators in Manitoba (Canada) to facilitate the implementation of the resource-based learning model implicit in the province's curriculum guides from kindergarten through Senior 4 and to integrate the instructional programs of the classroom and the school library as specified by the provincial department…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cooperative Planning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Educational Change
Jackson-Brown, Grace; Pershing, Gwendolyn – 1993
ERIC and PsycLit are two of the most frequently searched CD-ROM databases at the Indiana University-Bloomington campus. Training has been developed to help students use these popular resources. This includes classroom presentations on ERIC in the Education Department and training workshops in the library for ERIC and PsycLit users. In 1990 a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, Graduate Students
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1991
The statistics in this report on Texas academic libraries are based on data collected and verified for the national Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) by the Texas State Library. The brief introduction notes some of the advantages and disadvantages of using IPEDS data for this report, which is intended to be a comprehensive…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Databases, Higher Education
Hammond, Carol, Ed. – 1990
Five of the seven papers in this collection focus on the use of technology for information retrieval and resource sharing: (1) "Teaching Students How To Search Bibliographic Retrieval Systems: The Unit Record Approach" (George Bell); (2) "The Online Catalog and Bibliographic Databases as Shared Resources: The Impact and Issues of Networking a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Newman, George C. – 1978
This self-study report begins by reviewing the history of the Shafer Library at Findlay College (Ohio) from 1968 until 1978, when the staff, director, and college reexamined its goals and objectives, particularly with reference to budgetary constraints and new academic and curricular developments. The report then analyzes the functions and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Higher Education, Institutional Mission
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1987
Designed to aid local districts in implementing local school improvement plans, this three-part curriculum guide begins by addressing the long-range planning of library media programs. The first part suggests a 10-step process for planning and provides an example of a 5-year improvement plan for library media programs, a checklist for evaluating a…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Check Lists, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
