CHANGING FACETS OF LIBRARY INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS IN UNIVERSITIES IN THAILAND

Abstract

Instructing users on library use and promoting information literacy have become a major responsibility of university library staff due to changes in teaching and learning processes in the higher education and more so with the advent of digital libraries. Library orientation and library tour introduce the user to the university library,its collection and services. The university librarians create printed manuals to impart knowledge of library use along with the web based instruction. It is also intended to introduce a credit course on the library use and information literacy in the university curricula. The paper deliberates on these facets as is found in Thailand.