Information Management Education

The following article reflects the broader focus I have used in my approach to this column. One of the topics I mentioned in my inaugural address was continuing education for teaching librarians.' The Ohio State Libraries program is one of the first to formally address this issue. Although the setting is not health sciences and the staff is large, the perspective and the content of the program have much to offer the readers of MRSQ. The majority of colleagues I speak with in academic medical center libraries share teaching responsibilities with their co-workers. Many of us are concerned that new and existing library staff gain teaching skills as more and more of us take on a teaching role for the library. As Virginia Tiefel notes, all of the librarians at OSU are expected to teach or be involved in the education program in some way. OSU's solution is a thoughtful and sensitive one

Library User Education: Examining Its Past, Projecting Its Future

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The Gateway to Information: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation

The Ohio State University Library has developed The Gateway to Information, which is a computer-assisted program for undergraduate students. The program guides students in identifying, locating, evaluating, and selecting information independently. The Gateway has been in development for six years, funded by four grants, and has undergone continuous evaluation. No help screens or handouts are needed to use the system.published or submitted for publicatio

Interview of Virginia Tiefel by Eleanor S. Block

Larry Besant (pp. 2, 6, 12, 13, 22, 30) -- John Mount (pp. 3, 9) -- Bill Halverson (pp. 3, 9) -- Fred Roecker (pp. 3, 15, 27) -- Bill Studer (pp. 4, 9, 12, 13, 22, 30) -- Ed Corbett (pp. 4, 23) -- Stanley Kahrl (pp. 4, 23) -- David Johnson (pp. 4, 23) -- Mac Stewart (p. 9) -- Tom Minnick (pp. 9, 25) -- Penny Pearson (pp. 12, 23, 35) -- Arline Rollins (pp. 12, 23, 35) -- Eleanor Block (pp. 12, 17, 23) -- Abby Kratz (p. 13) -- Nancy O’Hanlon (p. 16) -- Bill Crowe (p. 22) -- Jay Ladd (p. 23) -- Goodwin Berquist (p. 23) -- Evan Farber (p. 24) -- Carla Stoffle (p. 24) -- Tom McNally (p. 33) -- Jane Segal (p. 33)Virginia Tiefel discusses her career as a librarian at the Ohio State University, particularly her efforts at user education and library instruction. She discusses the internal organization and developments of user education at the Libraries, including the development of the Gateway to Information projec

Evaluating a Library User Education Program: A Decade of Experience

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