Library User Education: Examining Its Past, Projecting Its Future.

Tiefel, Virginia M.

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Publication Date: 1995

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Library User Education: Examining Its Past, Projecting Its Future.

Tiefel, Virginia M.

Library Trends, v44 n2 p318-38 Fall 1995

Discusses library user education in terms of content, impact, and limitations. Evaluation studies of library instruction are discussed; future possibilities are examined, including lifelong learning and the impact of change on libraries; and the Gateway to Information, an online user help system developed by the Ohio State University Library, is described. (Contains 52 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Library Automation, Library Instruction, Lifelong Learning, Online Systems, Technological Advancement, Undergraduate Study, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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