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Library Instruction Annotated Bibliography

Distance Education
by Terri Summey

Bean, Rick. “Lights, Camera, Instruction: Library Instruction via Interactive Television.” Off Campus Library Services Conference Proceedings (8th :1998 Providence, RI). Mount Pleasant, Mich.: Central Michigan University Press, 1999. 29-34.
The author has presented information regarding the use of interactive television or ITV for library instruction. It includes a review of the literature, elements involved in planning an ITV session, and tips for successful ITV instructional sessions. According to Bean, literature in the use of ITV technology for library instruction is sparse and the author hopes to provide practical advice to those interested in utilizing this technology.
Burke, John J. “Using E-Mail to Teach: Expanding the Reach of BI.” Research Strategies 14.1 (1996): 36-43.
The author presents information in this article on a project undertaken at Fairmont State College to present and Internet Seminar through E-mail. Patterned off of a course experienced by the author, instructional sessions were sent to the course participants at regular intervals. Intended to be an eight week course, the time frame was expanded for several reasons, including development time. Both benefits and disadvantages are presented along with potential implications and uses in library instruction.
Caspers, Jean S. “Hands-on Instruction Across the Miles: Using a Web Tutorial to Teach the Literature Review Research Process.” Research Strategies 16.3 (1999): 187-197.
Caspers describes a web-based tutorial that was designed to teach research skills to adult distant learners in the field of education. In the article, the tutorial’s content, author’s planning process, and implication for library instruction on the web are presented.
DeWald, Nancy. “Transporting Good Library Instruction Practices into the Web Environment: An Analysis of Online Tutorials.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 25.1 (Jan. 1999): 26-32.
Good instruction practices taken from the literature provide the framework for this article and its content. These criteria are then applied to nineteen web tutorials to assess their quality. Criteria used included: course related instruction, active learning, collaborative learning, variety of learning medium used, clear objectives, conceptual versus mechanical information presented, and connections provided to a librarian for further assistance. The findings of the study are presented along with discussions of the results and their implications for online tutorial development.
DeWald, Nancy, Ann Scholz-Crane, Austin Booth, and Cynthia Levine. “Information Literacy at a Distance: Instructional Design Issues.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 26.1 (Jan. 2000): 33-44.
The authors of this article look at design issues surrounding the provision of library instruction to distant students. These issues include technology selection, active learning strategies, and assessment techniques. The article was developed from an ACRL 9th National Conference panel presentation. It provides a lot of information on issue to be considered when developing an online course or web-based library instruction.
Holmes, Katherine, Mem Stahley, and Susan Barnes. “Library Instruction at a Distance: The High Tech/High Touch Mix, three case studies.” Off Campus Library Services Conference Proceedings (8th :1998 Providence, RI). Mount Pleasant, Mich.: Central Michigan University Press, 1999. 183-95.
Stemming from a presentation at the 8th Off Campus Library Services Conference, this article is a collaborative effort by three individuals in different library settings with different experiences. Stahley discusses an information literacy program at the University of Central Florida that was presented face to face in an electronic classroom. Barnes describes her experiences at Linfield College as the Extended Services Librarian and her work in delivering instruction through computer conferencing. Holmes finishes with experiences in using the web, presentation software, and video technology to present library instruction.
Kabel, Carole J., Novil, Rose P.; and Jack Fritts. “The Electronic Library: Library Skills for Off-Campus Students, Program and Evaluation.” The Impact of Technology on Library Instruction: Papers and Session Materials Presented at the Twenty-First National LOEX Library Instruction Conference held in Racine, Wisconsin, 14 to 15 May 1993. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Published for Learning Resources and Technologies, Eastern Michigan University by Pierian Press, 1995. 127-134.
The presentations of all three individuals at the 21st National LOEX Conference in 1993 are written in this article. The article begins with a description and results of a survey that was given to remote students in a field program offered by the National-Louis University. The survey was designed to evaluate library instruction provided to the distance students. The second portion of the article described the development of the University’s field programs and the evolution of library instruction to those programs, ending with its current status. And the third part of the presentation detailed services available to distance students.
Nipp, Deanna. “Innovative Use of the Home Page for Library Instruction.” Research Strategies 16.2 (1998): 93-102.
This article describes how the web can be used as a tool for presenting library instruction to students. The author goes through basic instructional design principles including the following: content, determining organizational design, evaluating and revising the program, providing examples to illustrate her findings. The information would be useful for someone that is looking at putting library instructional information, handouts or modules on the Internet.
Orme, Bill. “A Library Instruction Course Via the Community Learning Network.” The Impact of Technology on Library Instruction: Papers and Session Materials Presented at the Twenty-First National LOEX Library Instruction Conference held in Racine, Wisconsin, 14 to 15 May 1993. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Published for Learning Resources and Technologies, Eastern Michigan University by Pierian Press, 1995. 123-125.
This short report of the author’s presentation at the 21st National LOEX Conference presents information on his experiences in putting together a course on library skills for distance students. The course was designed and packaged into videotapes for distribution to students. The information presented in the article that concerned the logistics of putting together such a course was the most beneficial.
Orr, Debbie, Margaret Appleton, and Trish Andrews. “Teaching Information Literacy Skills to Remote Students Through an Interactive Workshop.” Research Strategies 14.4 (1996): 224-233.
This article looks at providing instruction to remote students teaching them information literacy skills. It describes the information literacy initiatives in Australia and describes a virtual residential workshop developed at the Central Queensland University library. In some respects with regards to information literacy, Australia is the leader in the field. The program involved students both on and off campus. It was felt that the program and technology used to present the course were successful and could be used for future instruction. The planning process along with problems and successes are presented in the article.
Simoneaux, Laverne, Barbara J. D’Angelo, Karen Jung, and Elizabeth Orgeron. “The Library and You: Curriculum Integrated Library Instruction Via the WWW.” Campus-Wide Information Systems 16.3 (1999): 89-94.
Originally presented at the Teaching in Higher Education Forum in April 1998, this article describes web initiatives for library instruction at Southeastern Louisiana University. It describes an online interactive tutorial designed to teach library skills to the novice library researcher. The e-mail reference service or “Ask a Librarian” is also discussed along with attempts to use a MOO for real time remote reference services. The article provides practical ideas and tips.
West, Sharon M. and Diane Ruess. “The Electronic Library: Teaching Students at a Distance.” The Impact of Technology on Library Instruction: Papers and Session Materials Presented at the Twenty-First National LOEX Library Instruction Conference held in Racine, Wisconsin, 14 to 15 May 1993. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Published for Learning Resources and Technologies, Eastern Michigan University by Pierian Press, 1995. 135-140.
In this paper, West and Ruess describe a course that was designed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to teach library and information literacy skills to distance students. The paper covers course design and development, textbook design and development and course delivery. Both advantages and disadvantages are presented along with effective instructional techniques.
Whyte, Susan Barnes. “Spanning the Distance: Using Computer Conferencing as Part of a Team-Taught Research/Writing Class.” Reference Librarian 51/52 (1995): 267-279.
In this article, the author first begins with a literature review and informational section on the distance education movement in higher education and its tie to academic libraries. The latter portion of the article describes the use of computer conferencing to bring interactivity to a course taught to remote students at Linfield College in Oregon. Both pros and cons of using the technology are discussed. This is a good article that presents one library’s findings in the usage of computer conferencing for library instruction.

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