Spring 2002 - C. Hannon
reference contact: Bruce Sajdak x2967

HISTORY

A Brief History of Library Instruction in the United States (Michael Lorenzen, Michigan State University)

BASIC TOOLS

Discussion Lists

Bibliographic Instruction Discussion Group (BI-L) Searchable Archive

To subscrie to BI-L send a SUBSCRIBE BI-L message to: LISTSERV@listserv.byu.edu

Organizations and Resources

Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX) Clearinghouse for Library Instruction (Eastern Michigan University)

Association of College and Research Libraries Instruction Section (ACRL IS) - part of the American Library Association (ALA)

Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) - part of the American Library Association (ALA) - LIRT supports instruction in all settings including academic, school, & public libraries.

Institute for Information Literacy (IIL) - part of ACRL - see above

Information Literacy - American Association of School Libraries (AASL)

Rochester Regional Library Council - example of Information Literacy in the public library

Standards and Objectives

Information Literacy Descriptions - from IIL

Objectives for Information Literacy Education - (from ACRL IS) - designed for use by librarians developing Information Literacy programs.

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education - (from IIL) - designed for use when talking to administration, faculty, etc.

Guidelines for Instruction Programs in Academic Libraries - (from ACRL)

RESEARCHING INSTRUCTION

Indexes to Books and Articles

Library Literature

ERIC

Worldcat

Journals of Interest

List of Online Journals - from LOEX

Research Strategies
Per Z 675 .U5 R45

ASIDE FROM INFORMATION LITERACY, WHAT'S NEXT?

Web Tutorials
Texas Interactive Library Tutorial (TILT) (University of Texas Library System)

Personalizing the Library
My Library (Virginia Commonwealth University Library)

Instant Messaging
Smith College & Wesleyan University's cooperative Help Now!

Oh yes - and getting a job!
Jobs from ACRL

CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

Contact Bruce Sajdak, the instructor for your library session: bsajdak@smith.edu

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