Reference Services Review: Volume 27 Issue 3
Reference and instructional services for libraries in the digital age
Table of contents
LOEX and library instruction
Linda ShiratoThe “Conference on Library Orientation” that eventually became the LOEX Conference began over 25 years ago in 1971. The following article looks at the history of library…
The learning environment – then, now and later: 30 years of teaching information skills
Hannelore B. RaderThis article traces 30 years of library instruction innovation, including the creation of the first conference on Library Orientation at Eastern Michigan University in 1971 and…
Instructional design and student learning
Marvin E. WigginsOver the past twenty‐five years, large institutions have developed highly structured “canned” library use instruction programs that effectively reach large numbers of students…
Faculty‐librarian cooperation: a personal retrospective
Evan FarberFarber surveys the past 25‐30 years in library instruction, and in particular the cooperation and collaboration between librarians and teaching faculty. Resistance has only been…
Course‐related bibliographic instruction in the 1990s
Thomas G. KirkKirk discusses the history and development of the library instruction movement and of the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Instruction section, especially in…
Reflections on 25 years of library instruction: have we made progress?
Larry HardestyHardesty reviews 25 years of library instruction and his experiences with integrating library instruction into the liberal arts curriculum. There has been resistance and lack of…
Theory, practice and the magic bullet
Marilyn LutzkerIn 1980 instruction librarians questioned the need to learn the theory behind research as well as the mechanics of library research. Student research is now much more complex, but…
Marketing library instruction services: changes and trends
Julia K. NimsMarketing involves designing products based on user needs and wants. At the thirteenth annual LOEX Conference in 1984, the application of marketing principles to library…
End‐user services in academic libraries: a 1999 perspective
Ilene F. RockmanThis article updates a national study undertaken in 1985 to assess the status of end‐user search services in academic libraries (results were presented at the fourteenth annual…
Library instruction and online database searching
Heidi MercadoOnline database searching was done solely by librarians 25 years ago. That changed with the advances in telecommunications, the development of faster and more powerful computers…
Celebrating diversity, ten years later
Ellen BroidyBroidy looks at the political/social changes that have impacted library instruction, particularly in academic libraries in California, over the years since her 1988 LOEX speech.
Take II – information literacy: revolution in education
Patricia Senn BreivikBreivik reviews what has stayed the same since her 1989 LOEX presentation, “Information literacy: revolution in education.” Resource‐based education remains the model for…
Electronic reference and reference librarians: a look through the 1990s
Carol TenopirThe decade of the 1990s has seen a great increase in the variety of electronic reference options in academic libraries. Surveys of ARL (Association of Research Libraries) academic…
Creating user‐centered instructions for novice end‐users
Diane NahlIn response to the proliferation of information retrieval systems in academic libraries since the early 1980s, librarians have created many written search aids designed to help…
The creative evolution of library instruction
Elizabeth A. DupuisAcademic library instructional services and practices have continually evolved in response to trends within the library, on campus, and in higher education. The introduction of…
The evolution of the Encyclopaedia Britannica: from the Macropaedia to Britannica Online
Dorothy AuchterFor over 200 years the Encyclopaedia Britannica has been the standard against which all other English language encyclopedias are measured. Although universally acknowledged as an…
Campaign finance information: an overview of print and Internet resources
Bert ChapmanRevelation of controversial fundraising practices by the Clinton‐Gore reelection campaign in 1996 and continuing controversy over proposed campaign finance reform legislation has…
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