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Library orientation

Here are entered works dealing with the instruction of readers in library use. Works on the education of librarians are entered under the heading Library education.

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• Library orientation -- Technological innovations

• Bibliographic instruction
• Libraries and readers -- Programmed instruction
• Library instruction
• Library user orientation
• Orientation (Library use)

• Die Neu-eröffnete Bibliothec : worinnen der studirenden Jugend und andern courieusen Liebhabern guter Unterricht von Bibliotheqven, nebenst bequemer Anleitung dieselben anzulegen, wohl zu unterhalten und nützlich zu gebrauchen, an die Hand gegeben wird : welchem angefügt die vornehmsten Bibliotheqven in Europa, und was Reisende vornehmlich bey deren Besichtigung zu beobachten haben. (Hamburg : Bey Benjamin Schillern ..., anno 1711) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basic library techniques; a manual for Library Science 195. (Champaign, Ill. : Distributed by the Illini Union Bookstore, 1955 [i.e. 1962]), by William Vernon Jackson and University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). Library (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Library instruction; a section of the syllabus in English, grades 7 to 12 inclusive. (Albany, University of the State of New York Press, 1933), by University of the State of New York (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Syllabus in the use of library books for high schools. (New York : Board of Education, The City of New York, [1921]), by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education. Board of Superintendents (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fundamental library skills. (Winnetka, Ill., 1942), by New Trier (Ill.). Township High School (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Your engineering library and you (Lawrence, Kansas, 1955), by University of Kansas. Libraries. Engineering Library (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pupil text outlines. Library instruction : junior and senior high schools, grades nine, ten, eleven, and twelve ... for use in the Public Schools, Denver, Colorado / ([Denver], 1930), by Denver Public Schools, Edward L. Brown, Eleanor Montgomery Witmer, and Elsa Berner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Outline of grade attainments in library use for grades 10, 11, and 12. (Oakland, Calif., 1928), by Oakland (Calif.). Board of Education (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Peabody library information test, (Minneapolis, Educational Test Bureau, Educational publishers, inc., [1940]), by Louis Shores, Joseph E. Moore, and George Peabody College for Teachers. LIBRARY SCHOOL (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Introducing the college student to academic inquiry : an individualized course in library research skills / (Washington : U.S. Dept. of Health, Education & Welfare, National Institute of Education, Educational Resources Information Center, [between 1977 and 1979]), by Mark E. Blum and Stephen Spangehl (page images at HathiTrust)
• Teaching the use of the library to undergraduates : an experimental comparison of computer-based instruction and the conventional lecture method / (Urbana : University of Illinois, Springfield, Va. : Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific & Technical Information, 1967), by Marina E. Axeen and University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). Coordinated Science Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• A study to determine the extent to which instruction to university freshmen in the use of university library can be turned over to teaching machines. (Carbondale, 1963), by Southern Illinois University (System) (page images at HathiTrust)
• [SPEC kit on library instruction]. ([Washington, D.C.] : [Systems and Procedures Exchange Center], [1975]), by Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to use the library / (Ypsilanti, Mich. : Michigan State Normal College, 1949), by James Ernest Green and Michigan State Normal College (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bibliographical instruction in academic libraries : a review of the literature, and selected bibliography / (Syracuse, N.Y. : ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources, Syracuse University, 1979), by Jacquelyn M. Morris and ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluating library instruction / (Washington, D.C. : Assoc. of Research Libraries, Office of Leadership and Management Services, c2003), by Francine M. DeFranco, Richard Bleiler, and Association of Research Libraries. Office of Leadership and Management Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• Book ability; a text for teaching the use of books and libraries in secondary schools. ([Altoona, Pa. : Senior High School Library], 1953), by Maud Minster (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Articles on library instruction in colleges and universities, 1876-1932 / (Champaign : Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois, 1980), by John Mark Tucker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bibliographic instruction in ARL libraries / (Washington, D.C. : Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Studies, 1986), by Association of Research Libraries. Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to use the library; a bibliography. ([Denver? Colo., 1952?]), by Walter N. Babbitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• A library orientation test for college freshmen. (New York, Teachers College Press, Columbia University, [c1955]), by Ethel Margaret Feagley (page images at HathiTrust)

• Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide (c2011), by Jessamyn West (multiple formats with commentary at unglue.it)

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