On Topic: Web based bibliographic instruction?

[David Yamamoto]

Dear Bill,

Reference Librarians at the UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical
Library have been publishing instructional web pages for
UCLA medical students.  You can check them out at the following
URL:

http://www.mednet.ucla.edu/dept/biomed/mndefault.htm

David Yamamoto
Reference Librarian
UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library

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> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 10:35:24 -0800
> Reply-To: web4lib at LIBRARY.BERKELEY.EDU
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> From: Bill Crosbie <crosbie at AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at LIBRARY.BERKELEY.EDU>
> Subject: On Topic: Web based bibliographic instruction?
>
> Wow,  I never realized how volatile the whole "techie"/Computer
> Professional/Librarian thing was...  But let's forget about that and return
> to the topic of web4lib  ;-)
>
> I am wondering what types of information that librarians who read this list
> are looking to provide via the WWW.  Is it basic information about the
> libarary (Hours, special events, etc)?  Access to your on-line resources?
> Via telnet?  Via web based forms?  How about some on-line bibliographic
> instruction?
>
> Here is my fear... no it's more of a concern.  The WWW is a remarkable
> thing.  Simply fantastic.  But it also encourages a method of information
> retrieval that is innappropriate for the vast majority of information that
> is on the planet.  While this might not always be the case (recall  Vannevar
> Bush's memex), it is clearly present reality.
>
> So my question is - What is being done with this tool to assist people to
> get to information today?  Is anyone putting together a set of web based
> tools to teach people how to effectively search for information?  Are they
> on-line and in "final" format?  Could you point me to the URL?
>
> My apologies if this is a long-worn out thread.  If there is a FAQ that
> contains this info, please point me towards it with grace.
>
> (How's that for an on-topic post from a "techie"?  ;-)
>
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> Aside:  I've only been employed by the library for a little more than a
> month and I am starting to see how the "average patron"  (Does such a being
> exist.  ;-) goes about looking to find information.  (Yes, My office is _IN_
> the library, not in some removed systems building.)  Well, let's browse
> through this journal and look at the TOC... I find myself mildly amused
> until I realize that that was _me_ just a little while ago.  It has spurred
> my thinking in this direction.
>