>From fox Fri Apr 4 17:41:08 1997 Received: (from mailadm@localhost) by sable.cc.vt.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA19784 for fox@fox.cs.vt.edu; Fri, 4 Apr 1997 17:41:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from fox.cs.vt.edu (fox.cs.vt.edu [128.173.40.84]) by sable.cc.vt.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA09193; Fri, 4 Apr 1997 17:41:07 -0500 (EST) Received: by fox.cs.vt.edu (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) id AA11132; Fri, 4 Apr 1997 17:41:05 -0500 Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 17:41:04 -0500 (EST) From: "Edward A. Fox" X-Sender: fox@fox.cs.vt.edu To: carroll@vtopus.cs.vt.edu, happy@vt.edu, conn@vt.edu Cc: "Edward A. Fox" , janlee@vtopus.cs.vt.edu, barnette@vtopus.cs.vt.edu Subject: value of Library Classes (fwd) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi! The following is result of a "field trip" of my senior class to the Library. It shows student's lack of exposure to the Library, and the value they perceive of library databases. We do address some of this in CS1604, but that is mostly for non-majors. This ties in with Self-Study recommendations re information literacy. Thanks, eaf ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 16:43:36 -0500 (EST) From: Robert A. Zinger To: fox@vt.edu Subject: Library Classes Dr. Fox, I really enjoyed the lecture in the library we had on Thursday. The databases we were introduced to are very useful and I wish I knew more about them when I was a freshman! Using those databases would have saved me WEEKS of research! I think that all freshmen entering into the CS program should be required to take some kind of a "library seminar", where they get introduced to all kinds of library resources, including databases. It could even be a 1-credit course, where students take classes in the library, getting a hands-on experience! If a whole course is too much, the seminar could even be encorporated into the CS1205 and CS1206. I believe that the seminar would be very benefitial to all students, especially when taking higher level courses. -- Robert Zinger rzinger@vt.edu Phone (540) 961-7297 http://csugrad.cs.vt.edu/~rzinger