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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p><b>Library instruction</b>, also called <b>bibliographic instruction</b>, <b>user education</b> and <b>library orientation</b>, is the process where <a href="Librarian" title="Librarian">librarians</a> teach their patrons how to access information in <a href="Library" title="Library">libraries</a>. It often involves instruction about research and organizational tools and methods.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It prepares individuals to make immediate and lifelong use of information effectively by teaching the concepts and logic of information access and evaluation, and by fostering information independence and <a href="Critical_thinking" title="Critical thinking">critical thinking</a>. Above all they are aimed at equipping library users with skills to locate library sources and use them effectively to satisfy their information needs.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<p>Library instruction began in the nineteenth century in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1880, <a href="Justin_Winsor" title="Justin Winsor">Justin Winsor</a>, president of the <a href="American_Library_Association" title="American Library Association">American Library Association</a> (ALA), redefined the role of the librarian as also a teacher.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 1912 ALA survey, 57% of respondents offered required or elective library instruction courses.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was little academic interest in the subject until the 1960s and early 1970s, when interest blossomed.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this time, library instruction had solidified into a system where librarians would teach their patrons not only how to locate information in a physical library, but how to interact with the material, how to learn it, and how to apply those skills to their everyday lives.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newfound rise in the popularity of <a href="Library_and_information_science" title="Library and information science">library sciences</a> precipitated the creation of the Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX), "a non-profit, self-supporting educational clearinghouse". With its collection of print and digital materials, the organization had over 650 members in North America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In <a href="Research_library" title="Research library">research libraries</a>, the bibliographic instruction started to be a mainstream and standard library service.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Library instruction pioneer Miriam Sue Dudley's library instruction materials, originally produced in 1970 for a <a href="Chicano" title="Chicano">Chicano</a> student group at <a href="UCLA" class="mw-redirect" title="UCLA">UCLA</a>, are an example of such materials now available online.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Library instruction is evolving to adapt to the changing concepts of information use and understanding. Model programs, in order to be meaningful and effective, should respond to the changing information environment. New methods of library instruction, such as the <a href="Cephalonian_method" title="Cephalonian method">Cephalonian method</a>, reflect changes in <a href="Instructional_technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Instructional technology">instructional technology</a> and <a href="Education_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Education theory">education theory</a>. Information and communication technology literacy (ICT) is an example of a modern approach to library instruction.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ICT extends <a href="Information_literacy" title="Information literacy">information literacy</a> to the use of computer technology in a variety of forms to manipulate, deliver, and receive information and ideas. A model library instruction program utilizes complementary tools and resources to deliver memorable, interactive instruction. These resources are necessary to engage the attention of contemporary patrons immersed in a media environment.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relationship_to_information_literacy">Relationship to information literacy</h2></div>
<p>According to the Presidential Committee on Information Literacy, <a href="Information_literacy" title="Information literacy">information literacy</a> is the set of skills a person needs to be "able to recognize when information is needed and the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an academic setting, instruction in information literacy can take on a variety of forms, such as a long class or a project integrated into a course on related subject matter. In the United States, literacy competency standards are outlined by the <a href="Association_of_College_and_Research_libraries" class="mw-redirect" title="Association of College and Research libraries">Association of college and Research Libraries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Currently there are debates about whether instruction on how to use library systems is necessary, or if efforts are better spent making systems easier to use so that they require no instruction. A particular study published in the <a href="The_Journal_of_Academic_Librarianship" title="The Journal of Academic Librarianship">Journal of Academic Librarianship</a> indicates that the most predominant model of teaching information literacy, the one-shot session model, is ineffective and doesn't really make a perceptible difference in the grades of the students. However, the same study also indicated that students who attended a longer class with a library instruction session scored significantly higher, indicating that it may not be the idea of the instruction that is flawed, but rather the method.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formats">Formats</h2></div>
<p>Library instruction sessions can be held in person, through pre-recorded or written materials, or live over the internet.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In-person sessions can, as part of a formal formal class, in small groups, or one-on-one.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After 2015, <a href="Web_conferencing" title="Web conferencing">webinars</a> began to be part of the library instruction programs. During the <a href="2020_COVID-19_pandemic" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 COVID-19 pandemic">2020 COVID-19 pandemic</a>, this form of teaching became the norm for university libraries around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>One-on-one sessions held by universities are sometimes referred to as a "term paper clinic" or a "research consultation." Universities may also incorporate library instruction sessions as part of regular coursework, for example, as a <i>one-shot</i> class meeting held just before a <a href="Term_paper" title="Term paper">term paper</a> is assigned. The goal of the librarian is to orient the class to the best library sources for use in a term paper.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Course-related instruction, while perceived as effective, is a staff-intensive process lead by <a href="Professor" title="Professor">professors</a> and not librarians.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Library instruction can also benefit from the utilization of <a href="Video_game" title="Video game">video games</a> and gaming designed for information literacy. When incorporating <a href="Game_design" title="Game design">design principles from gaming</a> into information literacy instruction, instructional librarians can teach students how to succeed through long, complex, and difficult tasks<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while still keeping the learning experience engaging. Library instruction and active learning information literacy workshops can also be facilitated by <a href="Theatre_technique" title="Theatre technique">theater techniques</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by the rules of <a href="Hospitality" title="Hospitality">hospitality</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or by <a href="Humour" title="Humour">humor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_library_instruction">Critical library instruction</h3></div>
<p>Critical library instruction is rooted in the idea that knowledge is culturally situated, and thus, instruction must be as well.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Characterized by a <a href="Praxis_(process)" title="Praxis (process)">praxis</a>-based approach that is deeply connected to the context and information needs of the learner, critical library instruction always begins with an assessment of the learner's context and their information needs. Critical library instruction problematizes traditional methods of teaching information literacy skills as privileging particular ways of knowing in academic contexts,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and instead advocates a method of teaching that emphasizes the learner's frame of reference and information needs.
</p><p>Influenced by <a href="Critical_pedagogy" title="Critical pedagogy">critical pedagogy</a>, an educational philosophy that address problems and questions of particular relevance to the lives of students, critical library instruction aims to provide the same approach to students’ information needs and practices. From <a href="Critical_literacy" title="Critical literacy">critical literacy</a>, critical library instruction approaches literacy as political and literacy instruction as a political act;<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> thus, critical library instruction requires instructors to maintain awareness of power dynamics, <a href="Intersectionality" title="Intersectionality">identity intersections</a>, and to challenge their own definitions of literacy in order to provide meaningful instruction to their particular students.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Accessibility" title="Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li>
<li><a href="CRAAP_test" title="CRAAP test">CRAAP test</a></li>
<li><a href="Information_cycle" title="Information cycle">Information cycle</a></li>
<li><a href="Information_literacy" title="Information literacy">Information literacy</a></li>
<li><a href="Cephalonian_method" title="Cephalonian method">Cephalonian method</a></li>
<li><a href="Usability" title="Usability">Usability</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div>
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<ul><li><a href="Academic_library" title="Academic library">Academic</a></li>
<li><a href="Archive" title="Archive">Archive</a></li>
<li><a href="Library_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Library branch">Branch</a></li>
<li><a href="Library#Children's_libraries" title="Library">Children's</a></li>
<li><a href="Christian_library" title="Christian library">Christian</a></li>
<li><a href="Library_consortium" title="Library consortium">Consortium</a></li>
<li><a href="Digital_library" title="Digital library">Digital</a>
<ul><li><a href="Shadow_library" title="Shadow library">shadow</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Hybrid_library" title="Hybrid library">Hybrid</a></li>
<li><a href="Law_library" title="Law library">Law</a></li>
<li><a href="Lending_library" title="Lending library">Lending</a></li>
<li><a href="Library_of_things" title="Library of things">Library of things</a></li>
<li><a href="Map_collection" title="Map collection">Map</a></li>
<li><a href="Medical_library" title="Medical library">Medicine</a></li>
<li><a href="Bookmobile" title="Bookmobile">Mobile</a></li>
<li><a href="Music_library" title="Music library">Music</a></li>
<li><a href="National_library" title="National library">National</a></li>
<li><a href="Presidential_library" title="Presidential library">Presidential</a>
<ul><li><a href="Presidential_library_system" title="Presidential library system">U.S.</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Prison_library" title="Prison library">Prison</a></li>
<li><a href="Private_library" title="Private library">Private</a></li>
<li><a href="Public_library" title="Public library">Public</a>
<ul><li><a href="Carnegie_library" title="Carnegie library">Carnegie</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Research_library" title="Research library">Research</a></li>
<li><a href="School_library" title="School library">School</a>
<ul><li><a href="Learning_Resource_Centre" title="Learning Resource Centre">Learning Resource Centre</a></li>
<li><a href="Virtual_school_libraries_in_the_United_States" title="Virtual school libraries in the United States">virtual</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Special_collections" title="Special collections">Special collections</a></li>
<li><a href="Special_library" title="Special library">Special library</a></li>
<li><a href="Public_bookcase" title="Public bookcase">Street</a></li>
<li><a href="Subscription_library" title="Subscription library">Subscription</a></li>
<li><a href="Tool_library" title="Tool library">Tool</a></li>
<li><a href="Toy_library" title="Toy library">Toy</a></li>
<li><a href="Transportation_library" title="Transportation library">Transportation</a></li>
<li><a href="Traveling_library" title="Traveling library">Traveling</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Distance_education_librarian" title="Distance education librarian">Distance education</a></li>
<li><a href="E-Science_librarianship" title="E-Science librarianship">E-science</a></li>
<li><a href="Foreign%2C_comparative%2C_and_international_law_librarian" title="Foreign, comparative, and international law librarian">Law</a></li>
<li><a href="Music_librarianship" title="Music librarianship">Music</a>
<ul><li><a href="Ensemble_librarianship" title="Ensemble librarianship">ensemble</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Periodicals_librarian" title="Periodicals librarian">Periodicals/serials</a></li>
<li><a href="Teacher-librarian" title="Teacher-librarian">School</a></li>
<li><a href="Information_professional" title="Information professional">Information professional</a></li>
<li><a href="Informationist" title="Informationist">Informationist</a></li>
<li><a href="Library_and_information_scientist" title="Library and information scientist">Library and information scientist</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Five_laws_of_library_science" title="Five laws of library science">Five laws</a></li>
<li><a href="Library_and_information_science" title="Library and information science">Library and information science</a></li>
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<li><a href="Library_acquisitions" title="Library acquisitions">Acquisitions</a></li>
<li><a href="Archival_science" title="Archival science">Archival science</a></li>
<li><a href="Library_assessment" title="Library assessment">Assessment</a></li>
<li><a href="Cataloging_(library_science)" title="Cataloging (library science)">Cataloging</a>
<ul><li><a href="Library_catalog" title="Library catalog">catalog</a></li>
<li><a href="Online_public_access_catalog" title="Online public access catalog">OPAC</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Library_circulation" title="Library circulation">Circulation</a></li>
<li><a href="Library_classification" title="Library classification">Classification</a></li>
<li><a href="Collection_development" title="Collection development">Collection development</a></li>
<li><a href="Collective_collection" title="Collective collection">Collective collection</a></li>
<li><a href="Conservation_and_restoration_of_books%2C_manuscripts%2C_documents_and_ephemera" title="Conservation and restoration of books, manuscripts, documents and ephemera">Conservation</a></li>
<li><a href="Discovery_system_(bibliographic_search)" title="Discovery system (bibliographic search)">Discovery system</a></li>
<li><a href="Electronic_resource_management" title="Electronic resource management">Electronic resource management</a></li>
<li><a href="Information_literacy" title="Information literacy">Information literacy</a></li>
<li><a href="Inventory_(library_and_archive)" title="Inventory (library and archive)">Inventory</a></li>
<li><a href="Legal_deposit" title="Legal deposit">Legal deposit</a></li>
<li><a href="Library_history" title="Library history">Library history</a></li>
<li><a href="Library_management" title="Library management">Library management</a></li>
<li><a href="Library_publishing" title="Library publishing">Library publishing</a></li>
<li><a href="Preservation_(library_and_archive)" title="Preservation (library and archive)">Preservation</a></li>
<li><a href="Readers'_advisory" title="Readers' advisory">Readers' advisory</a></li>
<li><a href="Reference_desk" title="Reference desk">Reference</a>
<ul><li><a href="Digital_reference" title="Digital reference">virtual</a></li>
<li><a href="Roving_reference" title="Roving reference">roving</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Library_technical_services" title="Library technical services">Technical services</a></li>
<li><a href="Weeding_(library)" title="Weeding (library)">Weeding</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="History_of_libraries" title="History of libraries">History of libraries</a></li>
<li><a href="Library_science" class="mw-redirect" title="Library science">History of library science</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="List_of_libraries" class="mw-redirect" title="List of libraries">Libraries</a>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_libraries_by_country" class="mw-redirect" title="List of libraries by country">by country</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_largest_libraries" title="List of largest libraries">by size</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_libraries_in_the_ancient_world" title="List of libraries in the ancient world">ancient</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_destroyed_libraries" title="List of destroyed libraries">destroyed</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_medical_libraries" title="List of medical libraries">medical</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_national_and_state_libraries" title="List of national and state libraries">national</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="List_of_library_associations" title="List of library associations">Library associations</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_library_science_schools" title="List of library science schools">Library schools</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_librarians" title="List of librarians">Librarians</a>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_female_librarians" title="List of female librarians">women</a></li>
<li><a href="Libraries_and_librarians_in_fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="Libraries and librarians in fiction">fictional</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="List_of_archivists" title="List of archivists">Archivists</a>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_female_archivists" title="List of female archivists">women</a></li></ul></li></ul>
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<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons page"></span></span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Libraries" class="extiw external" title="commons:Category:Libraries">Commons</a></li>
<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="List-Class article"></span></span> <a href="Glossary_of_library_and_information_science" title="Glossary of library and information science">Glossary</a></li>
<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Outline"></span></span> <a href="Outline_of_library_science" class="mw-redirect" title="Outline of library science">Outline</a></li>
<li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="WikiProject"></span></span> WikiProject</li></ul>
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