Ready or not here we come – perceptions of first year graduate students to library research instruction
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Date
2010-10
Authors
Harkins, Mary Jane
Rodrigues, Denyse
Orlov, Stanislav
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Publisher
Edge Conference. e-Learning: the horizon and beyond
Abstract
Students were surveyed on their perceptions of two methods of instruction
on using library services related to doing advanced research in graduate
education classes provided by academic librarians in partnership with
graduate course instructors. The two types of information instruction were:
1) on-line sessions through the use of web-based tutorials; and 2) in class
information literacy sessions in first year graduate education classes. The
purpose of the study is to identify the benefits and challenges of each
approach from the perspective of the graduate students. The findings will
help the researchers to: 1) gain an understanding of the benefits and
challenges of using existing library services for graduate students; and 2)
to improve library services to better meet the needs of both the students
and instructors.
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Keywords
information literacy , graduate students , student perceptions