Subject guides are lists of resources created by academic librarians to assist students in
meeting their research needs. While academic librarians ascribe great importance to the …

Forty-five electronic pathfinders were selected from nine Canadian university libraries to
assess their degree of conformity to suggested guidelines in the existing literature about …

The LibGuides platform, a content management system (CMS) from Springshare, has
become an integral part of the online presence for many academic libraries. Neither …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between self-directed learning
and information literacy. Participants completed the Personal Orientation in Self-Directed …

The users of information services should be enabled to fully exploit current awareness
services (CAS) on the Internet to their own benefit and also that of the larger organisation …

Research and course guides typically feature long lists of resources without the contextual
or instructional framework to direct novice researchers through the research process. An …

Bowling Green State University Jerome Library's Web tutorial, FALCON, models a standard
library instructional session on the use of the library's Web‐based catalog. Tutorials can be …

The number of college students taking courses through distance education programs has
been steadily increasing, thereby requiring librarians to shift their instruction and support to …

Since graphical expression was limited in Gopher, the only aesthetic decisions in volved the
order and wording of the op tions. The Web's graphical user interface and glitz factor stymied …

Higher education, and in particular libraries, have changed significantly over the last decade
due to the adoption of technological advancements such as the Internet and the World Wide …