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Bibliography LIRT Top Twenty Instruction Articles for 1996 This site also links to earlier top twenty lists. Alberico, Ralph, and Elizabeth Dupuis The World Wide Web as an Instructional Medium A summary of a paper presented by at the 1995 LOEX Conference describing the use of Web pages for library instruction at the University of Texas at Austin Undergraduate Library. They describe a number of uses such as incorporation of library resources guides into class web pages, tutorials on Internet resources, pathfinders to information sources in specific pages, and how students can develop their own personal research pages. Examples are included at the web site. Barron, Daniel D. Hypertext and Hypermedia: Resources for School Library Media Specialists. School Library Media Activities Monthly 7:8 (April 1991): 47-50. Encourages school library media specialists to explore the capabilities of hypermedia and hypertext, and lists books, articles, and guides for librarians to find out more about learning and utilizing this authoring language. Applications of hypermedia and hypertext in libraries and media centers are discussed. Blake, Virgil L. P. The Virtual Library Impact the School Library Media Center. School Library Media Annual v.12, 1994: 4-15. Cornelio, Alicia. A Multimedia Approach to Teaching Library Research Skills. School Library Media Activities Monthly 10:6 (February 1994): 38-40. Describes activities and procedures that were developed to teach library research skills to grades five through eight using multimedia instruction, including the use of HyperStudio software. Highlights include library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, resources, instructional roles, hardware and software requirements, evaluation, and follow-up. Farmer, Lesley S. Johnson. Hyperlearning: Library Instruction through HyperCard. Journal of Youth Services in Libraries v. 4 (Summer 1991): 393-5. Describes the development of a set of modules using HyperCard for basic library skills instruction that is primarily oriented to secondary and postsecondary school library users. A research study on student searching strategies and cooperative learning is described, and the development of a student workbook on developing HyperCard stacks is discussed. Farmer, Lesley S. Johnson. The Romance and the Reality of Developing Hypermedia Modules. Book report v. 12 (March/April 1994): 15-16 The romance, of receiving a grant to create hypermedia for library instruction, was tempered with the reality of the actual work involved. The author worked with CLIP (Computer-Based Library Instruction Project), a California consortium created to develop HyperCard library instruction units. The project required motivation, cooperation, deadlines, and expertise. The author gave pointers in how to design "nearly" perfect CAI-BI units. Farmer, Lesley S. J. Teaching Skills by HyperCard. Book Report 12:3 (November/December 1993): 15, 18. This is one of nine articles that address issues involved in teaching library skills in middle schools and junior and senior high schools. The author describes CLIP (California Library Instruction Project) that promotes HyperCard development for library instruction. Farmer, Lesley S. Johnson. Yesterday Becomes Tomorrow: Using Hypermedia for Library Information Instruction. Catholic Library World 64:4 (April/June 1994): 22-25. Describes the HyperCard Library Instruction Project (CLIP) and the research upon which it is based. Findings of research of HyperCard instruction with secondary students and a description of ways to use HyperCard instruction are presented. A sidebar article describes the California-based CLIP program and the HyperCard modules the organization is developing for local use. Feinman, Valerie Jackson. Bibliographic Instruction: a Basic Guide. Computers in Libraries 13:1 (January 1993): pp. 63-68. This article summarizes the basics of library instruction methods. Included are results of a survey done in 1992 by the LIRT Research Committee, which found that 66% of public, 78% academic, 26% special and 49% of school libraries provide instruction on electronic resources. Ford, Collette C. Model for Training Trainers on the Internet University of California, Irvine. Grassian, Esther Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources UCLA College Library Gray, Robert A. The School Media Specialist: Teaching in the Information Age. Tech Trends 39:6 (November/December 1994): 45-46. Information Access Instruction This is a commercially available package of books and software for bibliographic instruction. It was featured in an article in C&RL 56(3): 249-257 May 1995. It is described as consisting of 10 modules covering use of the Internet, PAC, DE databases, and search strategies, among other topics. A bibliography on electronic bibliographic instruction is also available at this site. Jensen, Ann; Julie Sih, and Nancy Garman. Using E-mail and the Internet to teach users at their Desktops Online 19:5 (September-October, 1995): 82-87. Engineering librarians at University of California, San Diego and Berkely campuses use electronic mail as a delivery method for instruction modules. These tutorials are available at the University of California, San Diego web site Jones, Debra. Critical Thinking in an Online World. 1996: Cabrillo College. This self-paced workbook is used to introduce patrons to resources of the Internet, concepts of critical thinking skills, and the basics of evaluation of online sources. References. Maples, Margaret K., and Tennessee J. Jones. Instruction in Electronic Searches. Book Report 10(3): p. 21. This is one of ten articles that discuss teaching research skills to junior and senior high school students. The authors designed a program to introduce ninth graders to electronic searches. It calls for large group instruction, teaching stations, and individual help by trained student assistants. Matsco, Sharon, and Sharon Campbell. Writing a Library Home Page." Public Libraries (Sept./Oct. 1996): 284-286. The Rochester Hills Public Library in Rochester, Michigan, has an award-winning page, the result of intense research and thoughtful consideration. View the page at Rochester Public Library National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. The 1996 National Survey of Public Libraries and the Internet: Progress and Issues. Final Report. Washington, DC: U. S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, 1996. Available at the NCLIS website National Library of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U. S. Department of Education. World Wide Web Server Standards and Guidelines. March 18, 1996. web site, Robert W. Library Web Construction 101 Public Libraries 35:3 (May/June 1996): 168-71. Lists sources for public library web sites; includes web addresses for libraries offering unique features. Pawlowski, Connie, and Patsy Troutman. Blending Print & Electronic Sources Book Report 10:3 (November/December 1991): 14-15, 17. This is one of ten articles that discuss teaching research skills to junior and senior high school students. The authors revamped their library skills instruction to incorporate both their print and electronic materials. Scholz, Ann Margaret, Richard Cary Kerr, and Samuel Keith Brown. PLUTO: Interactive Instruction on the Web. C&RL News 57:6 (June 1996): 346-349. PLUTO is the acronym for Purdue's online library orientation project. It is designed for incoming students with minimal electronic searching skills and has been incorporated into a beginning engineering course as a Beta test. Students register online and then work through instruction and interactive quizzes designed to teach them how to define and formulate keyword searches, retrieve information using the library's online system, and locate information within the library system. There are links within the program to provide students with more information on the selected topic. Information on student completion of the quizzes is forwarded to the instructor. Scholz, Ann. Evaluating World Wide Web Information Purdue University Libraries Sine, Lynn. Teaching Information Skills at the Primary Grade Levels. School Library Media Activities Monthly 10:9 (May 1994):19-30, 33. Offers suggestions for teaching information skills to kindergarten through second-grade students. Highlights include book titles to use as discussion lead-ins; library group activities; the use of technology, including computer software and electronic mail; and problem-solving skills. Trupiano, Rose. CALICO: Teaching Library Skills to Students. Computers in Libraries v. 9 (February 1989): 27-9. CALICO is a commercial enterprise for computer assisted library instruction. Webster, Kathleen, and Kathryn Paul. Beyond Surfing: Tools and Techniques for Searching the Web Information Technology: January 1996. Wood, Carolyn. Selection Criteria for World Wide Web Resources. Public Libraries 35:3 (May/June 1996): 169. A list of criteria for assessing the value of a Web site. Top of Page | Library Instruction Tutorials

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