About the Timeline Website and the Author
Website Purpose: Final Project-S580 History of Libraries
Topic: Library Instruction and Information Literacy
Objective: To examine and display the evolution of library Instruction and its research trends from
1820-present.
Backstory: The delivery and study of library instruction is the author's primary career interest.
An understanding of the trends in research is needed to deliver the most effective methods
of library instruction. The history of library instruction is unsettled and continued research
is needed to examine best-practice methodologies in an effort to advance the delivery of
library instruction to users of information services. The strengths in the research of library
instruction is that the field is widely studied and offers numerous perspectives of delivering
and studying the concepts behind library instruction. A weakness in the field of library
instruction is that research and library instruction is dependent on the rapid growth of
technology and concepts rapidly change, as a consequence, causing continual changes
in the delivery of library instruction to users of information services. The process of
studying library instruction requires an understanding of previous literature and historical
trends in order to further examine research questions brought about by advances
in librarianship, technology, and the needs of information users.
Author:
Fred Napier, Jr.
Indiana University-MLS Candidate
University Library-Circulation Department
Credentials:
B.S. Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences: Ohio University 2005-2009
Doctoral Studies: Audiology-Ohio University 2009-2010
Masters in Library Science-Indiana University 2011-2013
Project Resources:
Henderson, F., Nunez-Rodriguez, N., & Casari, W. (2011). Enhancing-Research skills and information
literacy in community college science students. The American Biology Teacher, 73 (5), 270-275.
Saloney, M.F. (1995). The history of bibliographic instruction: changing trends from books to the
electronic world. The Reference Librarian, (51-52), 31-51.
Tiefel, V.M. (1995). Library user education: examining its pasts, projecting its future. Library Trends, 44
(2), 318-338.
Topic: Library Instruction and Information Literacy
Objective: To examine and display the evolution of library Instruction and its research trends from
1820-present.
Backstory: The delivery and study of library instruction is the author's primary career interest.
An understanding of the trends in research is needed to deliver the most effective methods
of library instruction. The history of library instruction is unsettled and continued research
is needed to examine best-practice methodologies in an effort to advance the delivery of
library instruction to users of information services. The strengths in the research of library
instruction is that the field is widely studied and offers numerous perspectives of delivering
and studying the concepts behind library instruction. A weakness in the field of library
instruction is that research and library instruction is dependent on the rapid growth of
technology and concepts rapidly change, as a consequence, causing continual changes
in the delivery of library instruction to users of information services. The process of
studying library instruction requires an understanding of previous literature and historical
trends in order to further examine research questions brought about by advances
in librarianship, technology, and the needs of information users.
Author:
Fred Napier, Jr.
Indiana University-MLS Candidate
University Library-Circulation Department
Credentials:
B.S. Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences: Ohio University 2005-2009
Doctoral Studies: Audiology-Ohio University 2009-2010
Masters in Library Science-Indiana University 2011-2013
Project Resources:
Henderson, F., Nunez-Rodriguez, N., & Casari, W. (2011). Enhancing-Research skills and information
literacy in community college science students. The American Biology Teacher, 73 (5), 270-275.
Saloney, M.F. (1995). The history of bibliographic instruction: changing trends from books to the
electronic world. The Reference Librarian, (51-52), 31-51.
Tiefel, V.M. (1995). Library user education: examining its pasts, projecting its future. Library Trends, 44
(2), 318-338.