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NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 6
NUMBER 3
SEPTEMBER 1991
CHERYL WILSON, EDITOR
Bibliographic Instruction Sessions Introduce
Students to the Electronic Library of the 1990's
The days when students could go to the
library and fumble through the card catalog
to find what they need are long gone. In the
electronic library of the 1990s and beyond,
students do not simply need to know how to
use a computer, they need to know how to
use several computers and how to decide
which computer is the best one for their
topic. Today's students cannot be content
with merely knowing how to locate the
books, periodicals, and documents contained within the library's four walls, they
also need to know how to use the library to
access the huge universe of available
information that exists outside the library
proper. To help students meet the challenge
of living in both an Information Age and an
Information Society, the library offers a
variety of instructional services to students.
The most common type of instruction
offered by the library is the course-related
library instruction session. Much more than
a tour, course-related library instruction
sessions focus on the specific information
needs of the students enrolled in a specific
course. During course-specific instruction
sessions library faculty educate students in
the electronic and print sources they will use
to carry out research in their subject
Practical matters regarding the use of the
library are also covered, as are appropriate
library services such as Interlibrary Loan
and Online Database Searching. Faculty
who wish to arrange a course-related library
instruction session should call the library at
646-4129. Calling well in advance is
encouraged.
Because of the growing popularity of
the library's CD-ROM databases, the
library offers free CD-ROM workshops. The 90- minute workshops
highlight individual databases. In
addition to teaching the search protocols and intricacies of a particular
database, the sessions cover the
principles of electronic information
retrieval, and provide a framework for
developing a search strategy, using
boolean logic, in any online retrieval
system. Goals of the workshops are to
improve the efficiency and effectiveness of CD-ROM searching, as well as
to increase students' information
literacy and computer literacy. Faculty
who would like to arrange a CD-ROM
workshop for one or more of their
classes may do so by calling 646-4129.
Workshops may also be arranged by
groups of interested students.
CD-ROM workshops scheduled for
September include:
AB1/Inform and Compact Disclosure
Tuesday, September 17 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 25 1:30 p.m.
Agricola (Agriculture)
Monday, September 23 8:00 a.m.
Monday, September 23 2:00 p.m.
Compendex (Engineering)
Thursday, September 26 4:00 p.m.
Object Description
| Title | New Mexico State University Library Newsletter |
| Volume/Number | Volume 6, No. 3 |
| Subject | Library publications; New Mexico State University. Library |
| Table of Contents | Bibliographic instruction sessions introduce students to the electronic library of the 1990's; Library purchases new HP 3000 computer; Reserves and copyright; Current awareness and document delivery project to begin soon; New holdings distributed monthly to Library liaisons; Reciprocal borrowing; New head of Collection Management appointed; Library selected test site for LC American Memory Program; CD-ROM update; CD-ROM update; Staff update; Jeffrey Merritt memorial gift book fund created; Jack D. Rittenhouse historic photograph project established; Homecoming 1991; 1992 Serials cancellations; HTS reference work given to Library; Ag publications now in Library on microfilm; Codes and Standards Center will be opened; Government information safety nets available; Notes on the Russian coup d'etat August 1991; New reference material |
| Creator | Barclay, Donald A.; Curtis, Donnelyn; Boyse, Carol; Reynolds, Holly; Freyermuth, John; Stabler, Karen; Hoover, Austin; Dent, Nancy B.; Morgan, Anne; Smith, Jeanette C.; Barber, Helen |
| Contributor | Wilson, Cheryl; |
| Issue Date | September 1991 |
| Date | 1991-09 |
| Publisher | New Mexico State University Library |
| Type | Text |
| Format | image/tiff |
| Collection | New Mexico State University Library Newsletters |
| Source | Scan produced from physical item held by the NMSU Library. |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents |
Page Description
| Title | Page 1 |
| Subject | Library publications; New Mexico State University. Library |
| Publisher | New Mexico State University Library |
| Type | Text |
| Format | image/tiff |
| Collection | New Mexico State University Library Newsletters |
| Identifier | URLN_199109_001 |
| Source | Scan produced from physical item held by the NMSU Library. |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents |
| OCR | NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY NEWSLETTER VOLUME 6 NUMBER 3 SEPTEMBER 1991 CHERYL WILSON, EDITOR Bibliographic Instruction Sessions Introduce Students to the Electronic Library of the 1990's The days when students could go to the library and fumble through the card catalog to find what they need are long gone. In the electronic library of the 1990s and beyond, students do not simply need to know how to use a computer, they need to know how to use several computers and how to decide which computer is the best one for their topic. Today's students cannot be content with merely knowing how to locate the books, periodicals, and documents contained within the library's four walls, they also need to know how to use the library to access the huge universe of available information that exists outside the library proper. To help students meet the challenge of living in both an Information Age and an Information Society, the library offers a variety of instructional services to students. The most common type of instruction offered by the library is the course-related library instruction session. Much more than a tour, course-related library instruction sessions focus on the specific information needs of the students enrolled in a specific course. During course-specific instruction sessions library faculty educate students in the electronic and print sources they will use to carry out research in their subject Practical matters regarding the use of the library are also covered, as are appropriate library services such as Interlibrary Loan and Online Database Searching. Faculty who wish to arrange a course-related library instruction session should call the library at 646-4129. Calling well in advance is encouraged. Because of the growing popularity of the library's CD-ROM databases, the library offers free CD-ROM workshops. The 90- minute workshops highlight individual databases. In addition to teaching the search protocols and intricacies of a particular database, the sessions cover the principles of electronic information retrieval, and provide a framework for developing a search strategy, using boolean logic, in any online retrieval system. Goals of the workshops are to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of CD-ROM searching, as well as to increase students' information literacy and computer literacy. Faculty who would like to arrange a CD-ROM workshop for one or more of their classes may do so by calling 646-4129. Workshops may also be arranged by groups of interested students. CD-ROM workshops scheduled for September include: AB1/Inform and Compact Disclosure Tuesday, September 17 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 25 1:30 p.m. Agricola (Agriculture) Monday, September 23 8:00 a.m. Monday, September 23 2:00 p.m. Compendex (Engineering) Thursday, September 26 4:00 p.m. |
