Thing 16

Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki seems to be a wonderful resource for online collaboration providing the opportunity to broaden the community of participants. An individual who thinks that they may want to pursue creating or using a Wiki, might want to investigate the benefits of the WebJunction toolbar.

I also found some excellent information that can be used on our classrooms: When clicking through different screens I came across a good and relevant article addressing the need for college freshman to have some training on how to use an online library:
There are three basic library skills that college freshman should possess. The student should be able to find and locate library materials using the online catalog. Secondly, the student should have a basic knowledge (at the least) of how to use the librarys databases to access scholarly journals and periodicals and full-text books. Thirdly, each student should be instructed as to special services the library offers, such as Interlibrary Loan, RSS Feeds, E-Reserves, Digital Collections and more. Without this type of instruction many students will not succeed to the fullest extent possible.