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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1988
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED297758 |
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- Minimum Library Use Skills Survey. Huang, Joyce L. Mandernack, Scott Academic Libraries Followup Studies Guides High Schools Higher Education Library Instruction Library Skills Library Surveys Minimum Competencies School Libraries Secondary Education Standards Use Studies A follow-up study was conducted in 1987 to assess the use and effectiveness of "Minimum Library Use Skills: Standards, Test, and Bibliography" (MLUS), which had been distributed to all members of the Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians in 1985. Some copies of this publication had been sold, and it is also available in ERIC microfiche. A questionnaire was sent to the instruction librarians of 106 academic libraries (22 responses returned) in Wisconsin to determine whether they had used MLUS, and a similar questionnaire was sent to 490 high school library media specialists (30 responses returned) to determine whether they had used MLUS or "Wisconsin Library Media Skills Guide" (WLMSG). Responses to the survey indicated that there was a perceived need for standardized library skills in both academic and high school libraries, and it is suggested that there is also a need for greater cooperation between the two groups in developing their bibliographic instruction programs. Less than 7% of the responding high schools reported using MLUS. Although WLMSG does address many of the competencies outlined in the more recent MLUS, it is suggested that needs would be better served if high school librarians were aware of what academic librarians were expecting of their college bound students, and conversely, academic librarians would better serve their students if they knew what backgrounds these students had. Copies of both survey instruments are appended. (EW)