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Item Introduction to This Issue(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Okada, Emily M.Item Bibliographic lnstruction - Credit Courses(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Pask, Judith M.; Cordell, Rosanne M.Barbara Wittkopf, in a summary of her survey of ARL Libraries ["A Look at the State of BI Credit Courses in ARL-Member Libraries." Research Strategies 9 (Fall 199 1): 162- 1631 states that "there has been a positive shift away from library orientation tours and tool-specific instruction toward the development of research skills and strategies." Some academic libraries have offered a credit course in library research skills for years, while others have recently added a course to cope with the need for information literacy education. In addition to decisions about what and how to teach, the procedures for offering such a credit course vary greatly from institution to institution.Item Using the Internet for Reference: Two Points of View(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Morrison, Andrea Marie, 1957-; Maxwell, Donald W., 1961-Using the Internet for reference is a daily part of our jobs, a fascinating, complex, riveting part of our jobs. When we first began to use the Internet very regularly, it would have greatly assisted us to have practical tips. The objective of this article is to organize practical information on using the Internet for reference, for beginning to moderate users of the Internet, regardless of what type of library they work in. What we share with you is a combination of experience and research from the perspective of two librarians. Maxwell is the reference librarian at the Bloomington Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority (INCOLSA) office and handles reference questions of a diverse nature from regional libraries. Morrison is a government publications librarian at Indiana University Bloomington, and handles reference questions particularly on the U.S. Federal Government and on statistics. When we refer to the Internet in this article, we are referring to the World Wide Web, although we recognize that the Internet is more broadly interpreted than just the Web.Item One Children's Librarian: A Philosophy of Library Service to Children(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Spetter, Stephanie"You must love working with kids!" is the standard response I get from people when I tell them I am a children's librarian, right after the "Oh," and the nodding, smiling, quizzical look that says, "Is she an intellectual or a nerd?" If I did not think I would be ostracized for taboo honesty, I would always tell them, "No, I do not love working with kids, I love my job." My job just happens to involve working with kids sometimes, but that is not what I do all the time. In fact, I only work with kids the percentage of hours that I work the reference desk and during programming time. The remainder of the time is spent in hours on other tasks and responsibilities such as program planning, department or library planning, publicity, collection development (which includes more long hours over selection aids and weeding), networking, evaluation, scheduling, outreach, etc. Children's librarianship revolves around kids: their parents, their caregivers, their social workers, and their teachers. All the materials we buy, all the programs we execute, and all the planning we do is a means to an end, and that end is to serve this specific "brand" of library user. Serving this brand of user can be extremely difficult, because it engages, as demonstrated, a variety of people that have extremely different needs and desires.Item Title Page, Table of Contents, and Publication Guidelines(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Indiana LibrariesItem 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 Internet Policies & Standards in Indiana Public Libraries(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Short, Anne MarieThis paper was a result of the author's search for information about issues of intellectual freedom, particularly as it relates to public libraries in Indiana and the Internet. Recent articles in library journals and newspapers have pointed out the need for librarians to be aware of community concerns regarding the availability of "pornography" or "obscenity" on the Internet.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 The Influence of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act on Academic Librarianship(H.W. Wilson Company, 1997) Wilhelmus, David W.; Wilhelmus, Mary TiedeEmployees' mental and physical problems require appropriate responses from the library manager. Familiarity with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act is legally essential. The authors offer guidelines on the applications of each act in relation to the other two.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!