Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1998

Publication Title

College & Undergraduate Libraries

Volume

5

Issue

2

First Page

75

Last Page

85

ISSN

1069-1316

Keywords

humor, bibliographic instruction, library, teaching strategies, librarians, OPAC, catalog

Abstract

This article evolved from " Getting Students to NOTIS, "

a presentation that the author gave at the 1995 Chicago NOTIS Users

Group Meeting (NUGM) conference. Humor is a desirable element of

all types of instruction, particularly bibliographic instruction. A good

method for injecting some humor into bibliographic instruction is

introducing whimsical catalog entries. The author identifies five types

of bibIiographic records useful for this approach, provides strategies for

locating them, and suggests ways to incorporate them into a class.

Comments

First published in College & Undergraduate Libraries, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1998, pp. 75-85.

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