Instruction in Special Libraries and Collections

By Donna L. Gilton

Instructional Activities

Medical Libraries

• Massachusetts General Hospital. Blum Patient and Family Learning Center.
• _____. Treadwell Library. Learn!
• Medical Library Association (MLA). Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS).
• MLA. CAPHIS. Marketing Your Customer Health Information Service.
• MLA. Educational Media and Technologies Section (EMTS).

Business Libraries

• Bentley College. Baker Library. Schedule a Research Instruction Session For Your Class.
• New York Public Library (NYPL). Research Libraries. Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL). Class Descriptions.
• University of California, Berkeley. Thomas J. Long Business and Economics Library. Self-Guided Tour of the Library.

Other Special Libraries and Collections

• American Association of Law Librarians (AALL). Research Instruction and Patron Services Special Interest Section (RIPS SIS)
• _____. _____. National Legal Research Teach-In.
• Library of Congress (LC). Science Tracer Bullets (SCTB) Online.
• NYPL. Humanities and Social Science Library. Celeste Bartos Education Center. South Court.

Other Initiatives in the Business World

Competencies

• American Library Association (ALA). Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS). Selected Core Resources.
• Special Libraries Association (SLA). Competencies For Special Librarians of the 21st Century.

Knowledge Management

• BRINT KMNetwork.
• Knowledge Management Definitions and Solutions.

Competitive Intelligence

• Roots. What Does Competititive Intelligence Mean?
• The Society of Competitive Information Professionals (SCIP).

Information Architecture

• The Information Architecture Institute.
• _____. About the Information Architecture Institute.
• _____. 25 Theses.

Instruction - Cover Page

Back to Homepage