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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.

Charting A Career Path In The Information Professions, Leslie M. Kong, R.A H. Goodfellow

Library Faculty Publications & Presentations

Academic Librarians play an important role in promoting information management and information literacy. This paper develops a career path model for academic librarians, delineating primary roles, psychological issues, required competencies, and strategies to attain those competencies at each state. Human resources planning implications for information organizations are also discussed.