Poster Sessions, 4:30-5:30 pm

Overview of Web Education as Presented on Library Web Pages

Marcia Henry
Database Coordinator
University Library
California State University, Northridge

I propose to give an overview of Web Education in American libraries as presented on Library web pages. This overview will describe the results of an ongoing web search done at California State University Northridge Library each semester when we review our Library instruction program for Computer Indexes and World Wide Web Classes. California State University Northridge Library presents on its Instruction page (http://www.csun.edu/library/web/classes.html) links to monthly calendars, class descriptions and email registration. We build our web pages and add new courses as a result of our biannual web research into comparable programs presented on other libraries' web pages. The overview will summarize:

how many libraries have and what names they use in their discernable link to "instruction" programs.
representative web pages for instruction programs on the World Wide web or Internet
coverage of web course(s)- "searching", "browser orientation", HTML authorship, web elements, Usenet, gopher, etc.

The intended audience is anyone interested in learning about the status of web education by libraries and anyone interested in seeing representative web pages that are designed to advise patrons about web courses offered through the library.

For information about this page contact Andrea Duda or webmaster@library.ucsb.edu. For information about the conference contact universe@library.ucsb.edu.

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