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Item Title Page, Table of Contents, and Publication Guidelines(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Indiana LibrariesItem Introduction to This Issue(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Okada, Emily M.Item The Bibliographic Instruction/User Education Section of the Indiana Library Federation(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Stevens, ArenaThe past, present, and future of the Bibliographic Instruction/User Education Section of the Indiana Library Federation.Item Introduction to Library Research: Instruction Video(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Indiana University. LibrariesBrief description of a video on library research.Item Information Literacy: The Search for Practices and Policies(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Kreps, DennisWith the ever-increasing amount of information now available in a variety of formats, librarians and library organizations have become more compelled to develop guidelines or standards which define skills essential for consumers of information to efficiently and effectively utilize this information.Item Hands Off My Hands On!: The Trials and Tribulations of Adding an Electronic Classroom to Your Library Instruction Program(H.W. Wilson, 1997) Miller, MarshaIn spring of 1995, Indiana State University's (ISU) Library Instruction and Orientation Program was enhanced by the opening of an electronic classroom/lab. This article shares some of the more interesting, significant, fun, and sometimes painful things that we have observed in our own lab situation, or heard from others.Item Computing for Seniors at the Brownsburg Public Library(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Daily-Brothers, KristinaThink of how often an interaction between an older library patron and a computer results in the comment "I hate these things," or "I wish I knew how to use computers." At the Brownsburg Public Library, we are providing computer literacy classes for this particular segment of our clientele, and we're hearing more positive comments!Item Highway Guide: Teaching lnternet Skills(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Zick, LauraNo doubt about it, library users are feeling the weight and stress of information overload. In addition to the sheer enormity of the amount of information "out there," the tools used to archive, categorize, and access . information are becoming increasingly complex. No group understands this overload better than those of us who work in libraries. Like our users, we struggle daily to keep up with our reading, wade through all our e-mail, and identify and learn to use new sources of information, and new access tools. Unlike our users, however, we are obligated by dejinition, to provide what I call "information guidance" - the best access to quality information. Library staff members must proactively rise to the challenge and must provide guidance through the infomation glut. I watch the users in our library. What do they state that they need? What do they need that they do not know they need? How can we use new technologies to improve their access to information? How can we best point them toward the most accurate, timely, and useful information? As the complexity of the tools increases, the need for training in the use of the tools increases. If we are to guide, we must educate. In the case of the library where I work, the Clarian Health Partners Medical Library, we are part of the Educational Services Department, and so, specifically charged with educating users.Item Purdue University's Management and Economics Library Educates All Undergraduate Students(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Mai, Brent Alan, 1964-; Nixon, Judith M.Until recently, the user instruction program of Purdue University's Management and Economics (M&E) Library was concentrated almost completely in two areas: (1) first week student orientation sessions, and (2) occasional lectures to subject-specific courses. This approach was not completely unsuccessful, the library reached a total of more than 2,400 students campus-wide during the 1996-97 academic year. The orientation sessions, however, often presented problems. The students were given too much information before they were ready to use it, and the research strategies that were taught appeared to be forgotten by the time they were needed. Also, the subject-specific lectures during courses reached only a fraction of the entire student population that needed instruction. The spring 1997 semester brought about a significant change in this approach to teaching information research skills and familiarity with library resources to undergraduate students in Purdue's School of Management.Item Instructional Partnerships:TeamTeaching Global Politics and the Web(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Ramus, Francesca Lane; Larson, Christine M.Since its beginnings in the 1960s, the bibliographic instruction program at Earlham College has facilitated strong instructional partnerships between teaching faculty and librarians. Given the growth in information sources available via the Internet, these partnerships now extend beyond the realm of traditional library instruction. One example of how this has evolved at Earlham is the two-year partnership of these authors, who have been part of a team that teaches political science students to create World Wide Web (WWW) pages reflecting topical research and analysis. Successful instructional partnerships are critical to the success of this endeavor. This article describes and evaluates how an assignment that uses the WWW to research and present a global problem was team-taught during the spring 1997 semester, paying particular attention to the instructional partnerships, and their advantages and problems. Reasons for the success of the team teaching methods are discussed.