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Library instruction, also called bibliographic instruction, user education and library orientation, is the process where librarians teach their patrons how to access information in libraries. It often involves instruction about research and organizational tools and methods. [ 1 ]
In 2010, UTSA opened the Applied Engineering and Technology (AET) Library, recognized by the New York Times [12] and USA Today [13] as the nation's first bookless library on a college or university campus. The 2,200 square foot, 80-person capacity library primarily serves students in the Colleges of Engineering and Sciences.
The cephalonian method is a method of active learning for library orientation first made popular in the United Kingdom at Cardiff University.Introduced to a wider audience in 2004 by Linda Davies and Nigel Morgan, the method consists of giving the students at a library orientation class cards with prepared questions they are to ask during the session for the instructor to answer.
A group of Texas parents are banding together to push back on book bans in school districts across the state.. The Texas Freedom to Read Project, a coalition of parents from across the state ...
The Texas Library Association (TLA) is a charitable non-profit group that promotes libraries in Texas.It was founded on June 9, 1902. [1] TLA is affiliated with the American Library Association (ALA) and has more than 6,000 members made up of librarians and library workers from academic, public, school and special libraries.
The Freshman Academy is the high-school's ninth-grade center which was formed to support incoming Freshmen. The academy aids students in all academic areas. It also offers summer freshman parent/student orientation, a ninth-grade wing, academic teaming, freshman awards, freshman celebration parties, tutorials, and additional administrators.
[1] [2] The County-operated library cost $2.3 million (USD) and is located in the underserved south side of San Antonio. [2] San Antonio is the second largest city in Texas and the seventh largest city in the U.S., but ranks 60th in literacy. [2] The library had over 400,000 visitors in its first four years. [2]
The school was founded in 1948 as a part of the UT Graduate School as the Graduate School of Library Science, offering a Master of Library Science (MLS) degree as well as certification for school librarianship, an offering which has been continually provided to this day. In 1967 the school initiated a Certificate of Advanced Study followed in ...