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==Formats==

Library instruction "occurs in various forms such as formal class settings, small group sessions, seminars, library tours<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Uwakwe, Onyeneke & Njoku|first=Blessing, Cajetan & Immaculatta|date=2016|title=Effect of user education on law students’ use of the
library: A case of the faculty of law library, Imo
state university, Owerri, Nigeria|url=https://www.ajol.info/index.php/iijikm/article/view/144902|journal=Information impact: journal of Information and Knowledge Management|volume=Vol 7 (1)|pages=70 - 85|via=AJOL}}</ref>, one-on-one encounters, written guides and brochures, audiovisual presentations, and computer-assisted instruction (CAI)".<ref>{{cite journal|title=The history of bibliographic instruction: Changing trends from books to the electronic world |last=Salony |first=Mary F |journal=The Reference Librarian |volume=24 |issue=51/52 |date=July 1995 |pages=31–51 |doi=10.1300/J120v24n51_06 |url=http://libsnap.dom.edu/Reserves/Removed%20Reserves/LIS764Cason/LIS764Cason_History.pdf |issn=1541-1117 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719184050/http://libsnap.dom.edu/Reserves/Removed%20Reserves/LIS764Cason/LIS764Cason_History.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-19 }}</ref>

"Course-related instruction has long been viewed as one of the most effective user education methods. A complication of course-related instruction, however, is the requirement for faculty cooperation and the faculty member's authority to decide when instruction is given and who receives it. In short, librarians have limited control over course-related instruction. These forms of instruction are also very staff-intensive, and this is exacerbated by the high ratio of students to librarians that exists in most institutions".<ref>{{cite journal| last=Teifel |first=Virginia M |date=Fall 1995 |title= Library user education: Examining its past, projecting its future |journal= Library Trends |volume= 44 |issue=2 |pages= 318–338 |url=http://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/8026/librarytrendsv44i2h_opt.pdf?sequence=1 }}</ref>