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The document is a student assignment that contains answers to two questions about user education in academic libraries. It defines user education as teaching skills to locate and use library materials confidently according to Fjallbrant. Librarians organize workshops to equip students with knowledge on effectively using library resources and services, as the processes can be complex and new resources are constantly added. The workshops aim to explain library operations in detail and enable students to fully utilize available information sources.

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Lautech Open and Distance Learning Centre

The document is a student assignment that contains answers to two questions about user education in academic libraries. It defines user education as teaching skills to locate and use library materials confidently according to Fjallbrant. Librarians organize workshops to equip students with knowledge on effectively using library resources and services, as the processes can be complex and new resources are constantly added. The workshops aim to explain library operations in detail and enable students to fully utilize available information sources.

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LAUTECH OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING CENTRE

NAME: UCHUBILO PECAE NNEKA

DEPARTMENT: NURSING

LEVEL: 300LEVEL

MATRIC NUMBER: 20001958

GST 121 ASSIGNMENT

QUESTIONS

1. Discuss Fjallbrant definition of user Education in Academic Libraries.

2. Explain why Librarians organize workshops to offer their expertise and

supports to students.

ANSWERS

1. Fjallbrant , defines user education as: “the teaching of those skills that will

enable students to locate and use materials effectively and feel confident in

using the library.” Also, its aim is to acquaint users with the use of materials

in the libraries. Similarly, Fleming in other words, it is the various

programmes of instruction, education and exploration provided by academic

libraries to users to enable them to make effective, efficient and independent


use of information sources and services to which these libraries provide

access.

2. One of the fundamental laws of the library is that the resources (books and

non-book) must be well consulted. The librarian has to acquire and provide

access to information stocked in the library. The user is very important in

the practice of librarianship, this is the library process revolves around the

users.

The librarian organize workshops to students in order to equip a

student with enough knowledge on the use of library so as to enable them

use the library resources effectively. The reason for the provision of user

education in the library is that library processes could be so complex that an

average student may not easily comprehend how to utilize the available

resources. As a result of the era of information explosion in which we are,

information is expending at a very fast rate and new resources are being

introduced into the library . With the advent of information and

communication technology (ICT), which has permeated all the activities of

libraries, it is important to explain the working of a library to a new student

in detail. The ultimate objective of any library is to enable students exploit

its resources to the fullest.

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