Providing effective library orientation for international students poses special challenges. An international student’s profi- ciency in the language of the host country may be limited, and his or her functional vo- cabulary is unlikely to include library terminology. International students encounter library procedures, resources, and systems that are quite different from what they had experi- enced in their homeland. Moreover, the educational system of their native country may entail a role for the library that con- trasts with the course re- quirements for library re- search faced in the host country.
[Downing, Arthur, & Leo Robert Klein. "A Multilingual Virtual Tour for International Students: The Web-based Library at Baruch College Opens Doors." College & Research Libraries News [Online], 62.5 (2001): 500-503.]Tuesday, May 01, 2001
A Multilingual Virtual Tour for International Students
Article co-written with A. Downing for the 5/2001 issue of College & Research Libraries News [link]
Monday, March 12, 2001
Roy Announces New Additions to the Current Cites Team
Included in the March 2001 edition of Current Cites (link):
Editor's Note: It is my great pleasure to announce that Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Margaret Gross, Shirl Kennedy, Leo Robert Klein, and Eric Lease Morgan have joined the Current Cites team. All of them combine significant writing experience with awareness of current information technology issues and challenges. Welcome, all! Also, starting with this issue, only those who have cites in any particular issue will be listed as a contributor. A complete list of team members will continue to be available [link to list].
Follow-up: here's a link to my first contribution(s) one month later: April 2001 edition of Current Cites.
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