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Assessment & Criticism of Library Instruction: A Bibliography

Ackerson, L. G. and Young, V. E. (1994). Evaluating the impact of library instruction methods on the quality of student research. Research strategies, 12 (Summer), pp. 132-44. 

Baldwin, J. F. and Rudolph, R. S. (1979). The comparative effectiveness of a slide/tape show and library tour. College and research libraries, 40 (January), pp. 31-35. 

Barclay, D. (1993). Evaluating library instruction: Doing the best you can with what you have. RQ, 33 (Winter), pp. 195-202. 

Biggs, M. M. (1979). On my mind - "The perils of library instruction". Journal of academic librarianship, 5 (July),  pp. 159+. 

Colborn, N. W. and Cordell, R. M. (1998). Moving from subjective to objective assessments of your instruction program. Reference services review, 26(3/4), pp. 125-38. 

Currie, M. et al. (1982). Evaluating the relationship between library skills and library instruction. Canadian library journal, 39 (February), pp. 35-37. 

Duff, A. S. (1995). Is intellectual property theft? BI's hidden agenda. Research strategies, 13 (Summer), pp. 132-37. 

Dunn, K. (2002). Assessing information literacy skills in the California State University: A progress report.  Journal of academic librarianship, 28, pp. 26-35.

Eadie, T. (1990). Immodest proposals. Library journal, 115 (October 15th), pp. 42-45. 

Frick, E. (1990). Qualitative evaluation of user education programs: The best choice? Research strategies, 8 (Winter), pp. 4-13. 

Gebhard, P. (1976). How to evaluate library instruction programs. California librarian, 37 (April),  pp. 36- 43. 

Germain, C. A. et al. (2000). A comparison of the effectiveness of presentation formats for instruction: Teaching first-year students at SUNY Albany. College & research libraries, 61 (1), pp. 65-72. 

Glogoff, S. (1979). Using statistical tests to evaluate library instruction sessions. Journal of academic librarianship, 4 (January), pp. 438-42. 

Gorman, M. (1991). Send for a child of four! Or creating the BI-less academic library. Library trends, 39 (Winter), pp. 354-62. 

Guiterrez, C. and Wang, J. (2001).  A comparison of an electronic vs. print workbook for information literacy instruction.  Journal of academic librarianship, 27 (3), pp. 208-12.

Hardesty, L. et al. (1979). Evaluating library-user instruction. College and research libraries, 40 (July), pp. 309-17. 

Hardesty, L., Lovrich, N. P. and Mannon J. (1982). Library-use instruction: Assessment of the long-term effects. College and research libraries, 43 (January), pp. 38-46. 

Haws, R. (1987). An attitudinal study of students towards a required library instruction course. Research strategies, 5 (Fall), pp. 177-79. 

Holman, L. (2000).  A comparison of computer-assisted instruction and classroom bibliographic instruction.  Reference and user services quarterly, pp. 249-359.

Hurt, P. (1934). The need for college and university instruction in the use of the library. Library quarterly, 4 (July), pp. 436-48. 

Jacobson, T. E. and Vallely, J. R. (1992). A half-built bridge: The unfinished work of bibliographic instruction. Journal of academic librarianship, 17(6), pp. 359-63. 

King, D. N. and Ory, J. C. (1981). Effects of library instruction on student research: A case study. College and research libraries, 41 (January), pp. 31-41. 

Kohl, D. F. and Wilson, A. W. (1986). Effectiveness of course-integrated bibliographic instruction in improving coursework. RQ, 26 (Winter), pp. 206-1. 

Kunkel, L. E. et al. (1996). What do they know? An assessment of undergraduate library skills. Journal of academic librarianship, 22 (November), pp. 430-34. 

Kuo, F. F. (1973). A comparison of six versions of science library instruction. College and research libraries, 34 (July), pp. 287-90. 

Louttit, C. M. and Patrick, J. R. (1932). Study of students knowledge in the use of the library. Journal of applied psychology, 16 (October), pp. 475-84. 

McCrank, L. J. (1991). Information literacy: A bogus bandwagon. Library journal, 116 (May 1st), pp. 38-42. 

McMillen, S. R. (2002).  We're teaching - Are they learning? Looking at the two-credit, required information literacy course. In First impressions, lasting impact: Introducing the first-year student to the academic library, ed J. K. Nims and A. Andrew. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Pierian Press, pp. 105-12. 

Michel, S. (2001). What do they really think? Assessing student and faculty perspectives of a web-based tutorial to library research. College and research libraries, (July), pp. 317-32.

Miller, C. and Tegler, P. (1987). In pursuit of windmills: Librarians and the determination to instruct. The reference librarian, 18 (Summer), pp. 119-34. 

Moore-Jansen, C. (1997). What difference does it make? One study of student background and evaluation of library instruction. Research strategies, 15 (Winter), pp. 26-38. 

Mosely, P. A. (1997). Assessing the comfort level impact and perceptual value of library tours. Research strategies, 15, pp. 261-70. 

Muth, M. and Taylor, S. (2002). Comparing online tutorials with face-to-face instruction: A study at Ball State University.  In First impressions, lasting impact: Introducing the first-year student to the academic library, ed J. K. Nims and A. Andrew. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Pierian Press,  pp. 113-19. 

Patterson, C. D. and Howell, D. W. (1990). Library user education: Assessing the attitudes of those who teach. RQ, 29 (Summer), pp. 513-24. 

Patterson, E. P. (1979). How effective is library instruction? RQ, (Summer), pp. 376, 377. 

Peele, D. (1984). Librarians as teachers: Some reality, mostly myth. Journal of academic librarianship, 10 (November), pp. 267-71. 

Piette, M. I and Smith, N. M (1991). Evaluating a hypercard library instruction program. Research strategies, (Spring), pp. 87-94.

Ragians, P. (1997). Evaluation of academic librarians' instructional performance: Report of a national survey. Research strategies, 15, pp. 159-75. 

Schiller, A. R. (1965). Reference service: Instruction or information. Library quarterly, 35 (January), pp. 52-60. 

Schiller, A. R. (1981). Instruction or information: What's changed? Reference Librarian, ½ (Fall/Winter), pp. 3-11. 

Seamans, N. H. (2002). Student perceptions of information literacy: Insights for librarians.  Reference services review, 30, pp. 112-23.

Sheldon, P. R. (1982). The effects of orientation and instruction on use of, and satisfaction with, a government documents collection in a university library. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Michigan. 

Shoham, S. (2001). Evaluating the effectiveness of bibliographic instruction.  Journal of librarianship and information science, 33 (1), pp. 306. 

Smalley, T. N. (1977). Bibliographic instruction in academic libraries: Questioning some assumptions. Journal of academic librarianship, 3 (November), pp. 280-83. 

Stoffle, C. J et al. (2002). Advancing learning through assessment: The instructional librarian, the library, and instructional spaces. In First impressions, lasting impact: Introducing the first-year student to the academic library, ed J. K. Nims and A. Andrew. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Pierian Press, pp. 7-14. 

Warmkessel, M. M. (1992). Assessing the need for bibliographic instruction in honor sections of freshmen composition. In Academic libraries: Achieving excellence in higher education, ed. by T. Kirk. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, pp. 175-78. 

Wells, J. (1995). The influence of library usage on undergraduate academic success. Australian academic and research libraries, 26 (June), pp. 121-28. 

Werking, R. H. (1978). The place of evaluation in bibliographic education. In Southeastern conference on approaches to Bibliographic instruction, ed. by C. Oberman-Soroka. Charleston: College of Charleston, pp. 109. 

Willingham, T. (2000). Real world to classroom and back: confessions of a reluctant instructor. American Libraries, 31(6), pp. 70-2. 

Wilson, P. (1979). Librarians as teachers: The study of an organization fiction. Library quarterly, 49 (January), pp. 146-62. 

Compiled by Michael Lorenzen. 

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