How does a pre-assessment of off-campus students' information literacy affect the effectiveness of library instruction?

Journal of Library Administration

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 509-525

  Ivanitskaya, Lana ^a   DuFord, Susan ^a   Craig, Monica ^a   Casey, Anne Marie ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information literacy measurement; Library instruction effectiveness; Research readiness self assessment; RRSA

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951248732     PISSN: 01930826     EISSN: 15403564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01930820802289649     Document Type: Article

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