ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


December 1983 /  427

BI Liaison Update
One of the most effective ways that academic li­

brarians can promote the library’s vital potential 
for improving quality teaching is by publishing ar­
ticles in the professional journals that teaching fac­
ulty and administrators read.

The Bibliographic Instruction Liaison Project 
has compiled short lists of suggested readings in 
nine subject areas, and also distributes a general 
bibliography of appropriate articles selected to il­
lustrate how academic libraries are currently par­
ticipating in the educational process.

The general bibliography includes:
David Y. Allen, “Students need help in learning 

how to use the library,” Chronicle o f Higher Edu­
cation, June 9, 1982, p .56.

Evan Ira F arber, “The Importance of Teaching 
Use of the Library,” Library Issues: Briefings fo r  
Faculty and Administrators 2 (November 1981) :3.

Evan Ira F arber, “Teaching the Use of the L i­
brary: Part II, Implementation,” Library Issues: 
Briefings fo r  Faculty and Administrators 2 (Janu­
ary 1982): 3 -4 .

Alan E. Guskin, Carla J. Stoffle & Joseph A. 
Boissé, “The Academic Library as a Teaching L i­
brary: A Role for the 1980’s,” Library Trends 28 
(Fall 1979) :281—96.

Nancy E. Gwinn, “The Faculty-Library Con­
nection,” Change 10 (September 1978): 19-21.

Penelope S. Jeffrey, “Needed: The Teacher-

Librarian Team ,” English Journal 71 (September
1982):50-52.

Beverly Lynch & Karen S. Seibert, “The In ­
volvement of the Librarian in the Total Educa­
tional Process,” L ib rary  Trends 29 (Summer
1980): 127-38.

Stacy E. Palmer, “Teaching students to do re­
search: Professors get help from lib ra ria n s,” 
Chronicle o f Higher Education, May 18, 1983, 
pp.27-28.

Carla J. Stoffle, “The Library’s Role in Facilitat­
ing Quality Teaching,” New Directions fo r  Teach­
ing and Learning 5 (1981) :67—78.

Academic librarians who are interested in work­
ing more closely with teaching faculty and in devis­
ing library skills units that could be integrated into 
courses are encouraged to look over these articles 
and photocopy them for distribution to receptive 
faculty members and university administrators.

Copies of the readings lists in subject areas (lan­
guages and literature, history, sociology, psychol­
ogy, fine arts, business, political science, education 
and the sciences) can be obtained by writing to me 
in care of L O E X , Eastern Michigan University L i­
brary, Ypsilanti, MI 48197. Please also contact me 
if you are publishing an article that could be in­
cluded on the above list, or if you find a suitable ar­
ticle while scanning professional literature of 
higher education. — Carolyn Kirkendall. ■  ■