Student nurses at Scott and White Memorial Hospital (Temple, Texas) were given a library orientation lecture, followed up by a project of compiling a bibliography on a topic illustrating different forms of library materials and using library tools. (JS)

Business education students need courses to teach them how to effectively use the business library.

Discussion of the teaching role of the academic librarian focuses primarily on reference librarianship. The interaction between patron and librarian and the necessity for the librarian to teach are noted. Eighteen references are provided. (EJS)

A program is described that introduces medical students to library resources on the first day of clerkship orientation. University librarians provide bibliographies, a slide presentation on library resources and services, and a time for discussion of individual students' clerkship topics and relevant resources. Increased library use has resulted.…

Describes the specific steps of action relating to the creation of a comprehensive bibliographic unit at Rosemont College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Author/LLS)

Describes and evaluates a library skills instruction unit, "Integration of Instruction in Basic Writing and Library Usage," offered at Kendall College, Illinois to help students become familiar with the library, the card catalog, the "Reader's Guide," and correct bibliographiic formats; and use these skills in writing research…

Reviewed are 12 recent instructional kits, supplementary texts, and professional references for library and study skills instruction in the secondary grades. (SJL)

This new column discusses the need for gaining administrative and academic support for library instruction programs to improve "library literacy," i.e., the learning of the basic skills for finding information, and summarizes the findings of a five-year experiment at the University of Colorado to improve/increase faculty and student…

Discusses programed instruction as a technique for teaching the fundamentals of monographic searching on the OCLC database, the method used in developing the instructional text, the series of validation tests conducted, and some suggestions for future research. (Author/FM)

Provides an overview of the present state of library instruction programs through data gathered by the Library Orientation/Information Exchange (LOEX), a central clearinghouse of library user instructional materials and methods. (FM)

Describes techniques currently used to instruct individual library users, including library tours, handbooks, guides, programed instruction, and computer-assisted instruction. (FM)

Suggests that instructing deaf children to use the library can be effective if both teacher and librarian cooperate to make the instruction meaningful. Incorporating the children's own experiences into lessons, using informal teaching methods, and correlating the curriculum with library resources are recommended. (FM)

Recommends a program of effective course-related library instruction in such areas as specialized encyclopedias, explaining research, locating sources, and use of indexes for students in secondary schools. (CMV)

Describes the three-phased library instruction program at the Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster, Ohio, which makes use of the problem solving approach by applying library instruction to a topic of current interest within the students' technology course. (SH)

Discusses the role of technology in library reference interactions and suggests the need to focus more on what the users bring to the reference interaction. Topics include how the Internet impacts reference; the role of information literacy; representational and system models; users' mental models; studies in mental models; and reconstructing…