TY - JOUR
AU - Larry Hardesty
AB - Faculty are often identified by librarians as the key to a successful bibliographic instruction program. Nevertheless, considerable evidence suggests that most faculty have not widely adopted bibliographic instruction in their teaching. This article examines the nature of faculty culture and how certain aspects of it impede bibliographic instruction efforts. Despite attributes of faculty culture that support the development of large libraries, the wide-scale acceptance by faculty of bibliographic instruction has not occurred. Continued initiatives by librarians to understand and to reach out to faculty are essentia lif academic libraries are to achieve their potential in contributing to the educational process.
BT - Library Trends
IS - 2
LA - English
N1 - Begins with a review of early bibliographic instruction in academic libraries in the 20th century.
N2 - Faculty are often identified by librarians as the key to a successful bibliographic instruction program. Nevertheless, considerable evidence suggests that most faculty have not widely adopted bibliographic instruction in their teaching. This article examines the nature of faculty culture and how certain aspects of it impede bibliographic instruction efforts. Despite attributes of faculty culture that support the development of large libraries, the wide-scale acceptance by faculty of bibliographic instruction has not occurred. Continued initiatives by librarians to understand and to reach out to faculty are essentia lif academic libraries are to achieve their potential in contributing to the educational process.
PY - 1995
SP - 339
EP - 367
T2 - Library Trends
TI - Faculty Culture and Bibliographic Instruction: An Exploratory Analysis
VL - 44
ER -