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'''''Library instruction''''', also called '''bibliographic instruction (BI)''', '''user education''' and '''library orientation''', consists of "instructional programs designed to teach library users how to locate the information they need quickly and effectively. [It] usually covers the library's system of organizing materials, the structure of the literature of the field, research methodologies appropriate to the [[discipline|academic discipline]], and specific resources and finding tools ([[library catalog]], indexes and abstracting services, [[bibliographic database]]s, etc.)".<ref>{{cite book| chapter=bibliographic instruction (BI) | page=71 | title=Dictionary for Library and Information Science |last=Reitz |first= Joan | middle=M. |publisher= Libraries Unlimited | ___location= Westport, Connecticut | year= 2004| isbn=1-56308-075-7}}</ref> 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 critical thinking.

==History==

Library instruction "began in the nineteenth century, with instruction in library use offered by a number of libraries in the United States between 1876 and 1910, and then ramped up in the early twentieth century".<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 a 1912 American Library Association 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 |middle=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>

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==Relationship to information literacy==

A related term, [[information literacy]], "is the ability to identify what information is needed, understand how the information is organized, identify the best sources of information for a given need, locate those sources, evaluate the sources critically, and share that information. It is the knowledge of commonly used research techniques".<ref>{{cite web| title= Information Literacy - Home | publisher= University of Idaho | url=http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/info_literacy/ |accessdate=May 12, 2010}}</ref>

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==Formats==

Library instruction "occurs in various forms such as formal class settings, small group sessions, 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 |middle= F| journal= The Reference Librarian | volume = 24| issue = 51/52| month = July | year = 1995 | pages = 31–51 |doi=10.1300/J120v24n51_06 |url = http://libsnap.dom.edu/Reserves/Removed%20Reserves/LIS764Cason/LIS764Cason_History.pdf | issn= 0276-3877 | issn2=1541-1117}}</ref>

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==See also==

* [[Information literacy]]

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==References==

* Bishop, W. W. (1912). Training in the use of books. ''Sewanee review'', 20 (July), pp.&nbsp;265–81.

* Davis, R. C. (1886). Teaching bibliography in colleges. ''Library journal'', 11 (September), pp.&nbsp;289–94.

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