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==History==
Library instruction began in the nineteenth century in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|chapter= Information Literacy Instruction |page=2429 |last=Grassian |first=Esther S. |last2= Kaplowitz | first2= Joan R. | title = Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Third Edition |doi= 10.1081/E-ELIS3-120043277 |publisher= Taylor & Francis | ___location= Boca Raton, Florida| volume = 3| editor= Marcia J. Bates| year=2010 | isbn= 978-0-8493-9712-7}}</ref> In 1880, Justin Winsor, president of the [[American Library Association]] (ALA), redefined the role of the librarian as also a teacher.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000962181|title=College libraries as aids to instruction|last=Robinson|first=Otis H.|last2=Winsor|first2=Justin|publisher=Govt. Print. Off.|year=1880|quote=The librarian becomes a teacher (...) to make the library the grand rendezvous of the college for teacher and pupil alike.}}</ref> In a 1912 ALA survey, 57% of respondents offered required or elective library instruction courses.<ref>{{cite journal| title=User education in academic libraries: A century in retrospect| last=Tucker |first=John Mark |journal= Library Trends |year=1980 |volume=28 |pages=9–27 | url= http://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/7115/librarytrendsv29i1c_opt.pdf?sequence=1}}</ref> There was little academic interest in the subject until the 1960s and early 1970s, when interest blossomed.<ref name=":0" /> 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. <ref>{{cite book|chapter= Information Literacy Instruction |pages=2429–2430 |last=Grassian |first=Esther S. |last2= Kaplowitz | first2= Joan R. | title = Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Third Edition |doi= 10.1081/E-ELIS3-120043277 |publisher= Taylor & Francis | ___location= Boca Raton, Florida| volume = 3| editor= Marcia J. Bates| year=2010 | isbn= 978-0-8493-9712-7}}</ref> The newfound rise in the popularity of library sciences 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.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal | last=Lorenzen |first= Michael |year= 2001 |title= A Brief History of Library Instruction in the United States of America| journal= Illinois Libraries |volume=83 |issue=2 |pages=8–18 |url=http://www.libraryinstruction.com/lihistory.html}}</ref>
In research libraries, the bibliographic instruction started to be a mainstream and standard library service.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=ChadÏey|first=Otis|last2=Gavryck|first2=JacqueÏyn|date=1989|title=Bibliographic Instruction Trends in Research Libraries|journal=Research Strategies|volume=7|issue=3|pages=106–113|quote=Bibliographic instruction in research libraries has moved status as a flush-time luxury to that of a mainstream library service (...) BI has moved to center stage as standard service.}}</ref> Library instruction pioneer Miriam Sue Dudley's library instruction materials, originally produced in 1970 for a [[Chicano]] student group at [[UCLA]], are an example of such materials now available online.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/dudleylibraryworkbooks|title=Miriam Sue Dudley's Library Workbooks|accessdate=11 December 2012}}</ref>
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