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Fall 1998, John M. Pfau Library

Peacock – John M. Pfau Library Newsletter

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Spring 1998, John M. Pfau Library

Peacock – John M. Pfau Library Newsletter

Content:

• A Message from the Vice President, Information Resources & Technology by William Aguilar
• Harry Rheubottom/George Webster Local History Lecture: Visions and Versions: Mexican Community in East San Bernardino Valley by Johnnie Ann Ralph
• Highlights from a Few of the Many Multicultural Books in the Children's Book Collection by David Bourquin
• The Seismic Retrofit Project by Johnnie Ann Ralph
• The Information Jungle by Bonnie Petry
• An Old Friend in a New Place by Susan Tshabrun

Adding Zest To Opac Instruction: Humor And The Unexpected, Bonnie Petry

Library Faculty Publications & Presentations

This article evolved from " Getting Students to NOTIS, "

a presentation that the author gave at the 1995 Chicago NOTIS Users

Group Meeting (NUGM) conference. Humor is a desirable element of

all types of instruction, particularly bibliographic instruction. A good

method for injecting some humor into bibliographic instruction is

introducing whimsical catalog entries. The author identifies five types

of bibIiographic records useful for this approach, provides strategies for

locating them, and suggests ways to incorporate them into a class.