Whither BI? Assessing perceptions of research skills over an undergraduate career

Reference and User Services Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 409-417

  Geffert, Bryn ^a   Bruce, Robert ^a  

^a ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

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References (14)

1. For two examples of this genre see Mary Ada Dillinger and Terry L. Weech, "A Study of Bibliographic Instruction in Small Private Liberal Arts Colleges," Research Strategies 12 (Spring 1994): 84-93; and Susan Krehbiel Taylor, "Successful Bibliographic Instruction Programs at Three Small Liberal Arts Colleges," Research Strategies 11 (Fall 1993): 242-47.
2. For two examples of this genre see Mary Ada Dillinger and Terry L. Weech, "A Study of Bibliographic Instruction in Small Private Liberal Arts Colleges," Research Strategies 12 (Spring 1994): 84-93; and Susan Krehbiel Taylor, "Successful Bibliographic Instruction Programs at Three Small Liberal Arts Colleges," Research Strategies 11 (Fall 1993): 242-47.
3. Virginia Tiefel, "Evaluating a Library User Education Program: A Decade of Experience," College & Research Libraries 50 (Mar. 1989): 249-59.
4. Gordon B. Leighton and Marsha C. Markman, "Attitudes of College Freshmen toward Bibliographic Instruction," College & Research Libraries News 1 (Jan. 1991): 36-38.
5. Beth J. Shapiro and Philip M. Marcus, "Library Use, Library Instruction, and User Success," Research Strategies 5 (Spring 1987): 67.
6. Mary Ann Trail and Carolyn Gutierrez, "Evaluating a Bibliographic Instruction Program," Research Strategies 9 (Summer 1991): 124-29.
7. Rae Haws, "An Attitudinal Study of Students toward a Required Library Instruction Course," Research Strategies 5 (Fall 1987): 172-79.
8. Jill Coupe, "Undergraduate Library Skills: Two Surveys at Johns Hopkins University," Research Strategies 11 (Fall 1993): 133-201. The study did correlate results to time spent in the library, but found no statistical significance to the correlation. The article reports that fewer than 10 percent of undergraduates at Johns Hopkins were exposed to course-related library instruction.
9. Arlene Greer, Lee Weston, and Mary Alm, "Assessment of Learning Outcomes: A Measure of Progress in Library Literacy," College & Research Libraries 52 (Nov. 1991): 549-57.
10. Evaluating Bibliographic Instruction: A Handbook (Chicago: ALA, 1983).
11. For discussions of administrative views see: Robert F. Munn. "The Bottomless Pit, or the Academic Library as Viewed from the Administration Building," College & Research Libraries 29 (Jan. 1968): 51-54; and Larry Hardesty, "The Bottomless Pit Revisited," College & Research Libraries 52 (May 1991): 219-29.
12. For discussions of administrative views see: Robert F. Munn. "The Bottomless Pit, or the Academic Library as Viewed from the Administration Building," College & Research Libraries 29 (Jan. 1968): 51-54; and Larry Hardesty, "The Bottomless Pit Revisited," College & Research Libraries 52 (May 1991): 219-29.
13. See, for example Patricia Senn Breivik and E. Gordon Gee, Information Literacy: Revolution in the Library (New York: Macmillan, 1989).
14. See, for example, Joanne Bessler, "Do Library Patrons Know What's Good for Them?" Journal of Academic Librarianship 16 (May 1990): 76-85.