LIRT Research Committee Highlights Web-based Library Tutorials

The LIRT research committee has created a set of web pages that should be a useful source of ideas for those who are developing web-based tutorials for any type of library.  To locate the pages, simply look on the LIRT home page under LIRT Publications, then click on the "Library Instruction Tutorial" link, or access them directly at this URL:  <http://diogenes.baylor.edu/Library/LIRT/lirtproj.html>. 

Research for the project was based on the question: "What are all types of libraries doing with library instruction and using the World Wide Web?"  Since the spring of 1996, the committee has been collecting and reviewing web-based library instruction tutorials.  The project is ongoing, and updates will take place on a regular basis. 

The list of tutorials is divided into separate pages, one each for general guides to research, subject-specific guides, Internet guides, and interactive tutorials.  Additional pages give advice on tutorial design and describe the criteria the committee used in evaluating sites.   A bibliography of articles and websites where additional background information may be found is also included. 

Short annotations for each listed tutorial describe the site's content and provide brief critical analysis. 

The committee invites suggestions and comments.  Send them to Jim Kapoun, LIRT Research Committee Chair, Reference Librarian, Southwest State University, Marshall MN 56258. 
email:  kapoun@ssu.southwest.msus.edu