Reference Services Review: Volume 26 Issue 3/4

The Times They Are A’Changin’: Students, Technology, and Instructional Services

Elizabeth A. Dupuis

Although technology vies for our attention–continually creating new opportunities and challenges for library instruction–we must remain focused on our students. Recent studies…

Integrating Information Literacy Skills into the University Colloquium: Innovation at Southern Oregon University

Carla Higgins, Mary Jane Cedar Face

The Information Literacy Program at Southern Oregon University was constructed and implemented during the academic year 1996‐97 to develop information literacy among freshmen…

Implementing Kuhlthau: A new Model for Library and Reference Instruction

Dennis Isbell, Lisa Kammerlocher

Carol Kuhlthau’s research on the information search process with students has had a big influence on librarians at the Arizona State University West Library. Her model of how…

Library Instruction That’s Out of This World! Information Literacy at Fort Lewis College

Tina Evans Greenwood, Jeffrey Frisbie

Fort Lewis College is a four‐year, public, liberal arts college in Durango, Colorado. Typical enrollment is between 4,000 and 4,500 students. Librarians are tenure‐track faculty…

Information Power Goes Online: Teaching Information Literacy to Distance Learners

Pierina Parise

Marylhurst University, located about ten miles south of Portland, Oregon, traditionally has appealed to adult students wishing to complete degrees or change careers, but an…

Evaluating the Future: A Preliminary Study of the Process of How Undergraduate Students Evaluate Web Sources

Ann Scholz‐Crane

In this article, Scholz‐Crane examines current practices among students in an entry‐level composition class. Students used in this study were divided into two groups. Each group…

A Flexible Instruction Program: How Demographics Drive the Design

Victoria A. Nozero, Penelope A. Whitten, Shelley Heaton, Kay Tuma, Nancy Master, Alison Armstrong

As the University of Nevada, Las Vegas continues building its new library, questions arise: Will the library instruction section be responsible for teaching students how to use…

Affective Change: Integrating Pre‐Sessions in the Students’ Classroom Prior to Library Instruction

Dale J. Vidmar

The study described in this article attempted to determine what effect a 10‐ to 20‐minute pre‐session given in the students’ classroom prior to a regularly scheduled library…

Faculty Development and Information Literacy: Establishing Campus Partnerships

Patricia Iannuzzi

Academic librarians can and should play a leadership role in faculty development efforts on their campuses. In this article, Iannuzzi addresses the connections between faculty…

Teaching Meetings: Providing a Forum for Learning How to Teach

Sarah Leadley

In 1996, librarians at the University of Washington Bothell Library gathered together their teaching librarians and the director of the Writing Center and began meeting on a…

Building the Library Starter Kit: Developing New Technologies for Instruction

Deborah A. Murphy

Each fall thousands of new students arrive at the University of California at Santa Cruz; the library’s goal is to ensure that each new user has the basic skills to find…

The Companion Course: A Pilot Project to Teach Discipline‐Specific Library Research Skills

Colleen Bell, Juanita Benedicto

In early 1997, fueled by reports from the university administration of declining enrollments and student retention problems, the University of Oregon Library System formed a task…

Moving from Subjective to Objective Assessments of Your Instruction Program

Nancy Wootton Colborn, Rosanne M. Cordell

Assessment of academic programs has become a focus and a priority for many campuses, but assessment of library instruction programs provides unique challenges. Without required…

Information Literacy: Teaching Now for Year 2000

Zorana Ercegovac

In the broader context of information literacy (IL), library and information science literature recently has seen an increased interest among policymakers, teachers, media…

Library Instruction and Information Literacy–1997

Hannelore B. Rader

This annotated bibliography lists materials dealing with information literacy including instruction in the use of information resources, research, and electronic skills related to…