Reference Services Review: Volume 30 Issue 4

Listening and learning

Ilene F. Rockman

Looks at papers presented at the LOEX‐of‐the‐West Conference “Expanded conversations: collaborating for student learning” held in 2002 in Eugene, Oregon, USA, which cover…

Expanded conversations: collaborating for student learning: introduction to the special LOEX‐of‐the‐West 2002 issue

Colleen Bell

Provides an introduction to the papers of the LOEX‐of‐the‐West which concentrated on the theme of collaboration and partnership within the academic library to improve student…

Conversations betwixt and between: guiding principles

Susan Barnes Whyte

Four guiding principles are suggested to teaching librarians as ways to frame the conversations with ourselves, our partners in the academy, and with our students. True…

The library and first‐year experience courses: a nationwide study

Colleen Boff, Kristin Johnson

First‐year experience (FYE) courses are excellent venues for introducing freshman students to information literacy concepts. The authors, librarians and FYE instructors at their…

Lessons learned about developing and coordinating an instruction program with freshman composition

Paula S. McMillen, Bryan Miyagishima, Laurel S. Maughan

In the Spring of 2001, the Oregon State University Libraries began planning for a collaboration with the university’s freshman composition program. In implementing this project…

Information competency instruction in a two‐year college: one size does not fit all

Deborah Moore, Steve Brewster, Cynthia Dorroh, Michael Moreau

This paper discusses the information competency (information literacy) program at the Glendale Community College (California) Library, and the findings of a longitudinal study…

Reflections on collaboration: learning outcomes and information literacy assessment in the business curriculum

Ann M. Fiegen, Bennett Cherry, Kathleen Watson

Develops a model whereby information literacy competencies are formally adopted as learning outcomes for an undergraduate business curriculum. The information competencies are…

Investigating the environment: teaching and learning with undergraduates in the sciences

Cynthia A. Raquepau, Louise M. Richards

Two librarian/instructors developed and taught a three‐credit, quarter long course for undergraduates at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. The course emphasized research…

Using HorizonLive to deliver library instruction to distance and online students

Sarah Blakeslee, Kristin Johnson

With the move from satellite to Web‐based course delivery systems, librarians have greater opportunities, as well as greater challenges, regarding the best way to deliver…

Web tutorials and scalable instruction: testing the waters

Paul J. Bracke, Ruth Dickstein

In an effort to meet the challenge of providing students in a large general education course with effective library instruction, a pilot project of using a Web tutorial was…

The instruction librarian’s role in creating a usable Web site

Kim Vassiliadis, Lisa R. Stimatz

The importance of creating a usable library Web site has been well documented in the literature; however, little has been written on the role of instruction in the process of Web…

New frontier trail guides: faculty‐librarian collaboration on information literacy

Thomas H. Cunningham, Scott Lanning

Information literacy is essential for successful expeditions into the ever‐expanding knowledge frontier. Faculty and librarians can guide each other, and the learners they serve…

Building reference strengths through peer training

Holly Stec Dankert, Paula R. Dempsey

What began as peer training instruction sessions for DePaul University librarians has grown into an electronic knowledge base available 24 × 7 for ongoing staff development. Using…

Problem‐based learning: evolving strategies and conversations for library instruction

Kathy Brock Enger, Stephanie Brenenson, Katy Lenn, Margy MacMillan, Michele F. Meisart, Harry Meserve, Sandra A. Vella

Problem‐based learning (PBL) is a teaching strategy that is currently being introduced in undergraduate curricula in colleges and universities across the country, particularly in…

Library instruction and information literacy – 2001

Anna Marie Johnson, Hannelore B. Rader

Presents a bibliography of literature published during 2001 on library instruction and information literacy. States that the majority of articles dealt with the implementation of…