Reference Services Review: Volume 39 Issue 1

Information is social: information literacy in context

This paper aims to discuss traditional conceptions of information literacy as created within an academic context to address information needs within this context. It seeks to…

Formative assessment: transforming information literacy instruction

This paper aims to describe the use of a pre‐assessment exercise and in‐session assessment questions to determine graduate students' existing information literacy skills and to…

I've lost my identity – oh, there it is … in a style manual: Teaching citation styles and academic honesty

The purpose of this paper is to share the process that Northwest Missouri State University B.D. Owens Library uses to decrease plagiarism including citation style guides, academic…

When coming to campus is not an option: using web conferencing to deliver library instruction

Owing to the growing number of online and commuting students at the University of West Georgia, the Instructional Services department at Ingram Library experimented with offering…

Inside the iPod, outside the classroom

The purpose of this paper is to describe how librarians at UC Merced developed an iPod Touch Video Library Tour to replace in‐person instruction for freshman library orientations.

“I can't find anything”: Towards establishing a continuum in curriculum‐integrated library instruction

The purpose of this paper is to describe the efforts of library faculty at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus Library to design and implement a continuum of…

Assessing the reliability and validity of locally developed information literacy test items

With a call for increased accountability for student learning across higher education, it is becoming more important for academic libraries to show their value to the greater…

ESULA: changing perceptions of the academic library through student activism

The influences of electronic information access and social networking through Facebook and other communications have, in many respects, lessened the relative importance of going…

The librarian's role in combating plagiarism

The paper aims to discuss the ways in which librarians of different types are addressing the issue of plagiarism at the institutional and pedagogical levels.

Virtual reference/query log pairs: a window onto user need

This study seeks to investigate users' virtual reference queries in concert with their search histories to better understand user needs and motivations.

Expanding the reference vocabulary: A methodology for applying Bloom's taxonomy to increase instruction in the reference interview

This paper aims to examine potential instructional benefits from, and methods for, incorporating concepts from Bloom's taxonomy into reference interactions.

A new company descriptor takes us into a new era

LOEX-of-the-West 2010: Crossing Borders to Calgary … continued

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