On Topic: Web based bibliographic instruction?

[Elmer Masters]

This raises an interesting point.  Most of the information available in 
libraries today will never be delivered via the WWW or the Internet.  The 
challenge for libraries and other information providers/gateways is to 
develop information that can be delivered via the WWW.  In all likelihood 
this information will include directions on how to find the 'old' 
information lacated in another media.
We are interested in developing new information products that are 
designed for use on the WWW.  This is a challenge becausse putting 
information on the web and making it worthwhile is difficult.  Some of 
the products we are developing or have developed include adaptations of 
print products produced by the product and some are new products that 
were not feasible without the web.
For training, the Law Library has instituted a multi-leveled program 
aimed at faculty and students to show them: how the web works, how to 
navigate on the web, how to find information on the web, how to use 
information from the web.  This is a daunting task at times, but it is 
beginning to pay off as more and more of our patrons begin to use the 
web.

Elmer R. Masters
Information Technology Coordinator
Barclay Law Library 
Syracuse University

ermaster at syr.edu