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Dissertation Information for Diane F. Worrell

NAME:
- Diane F. Worrell

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- Texas Woman's University (USA) (2002)

ADVISORS:
- Keith Swigger

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Lynn Westbrook
- Jeffrey T. Huber

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: Patricia B. Knapp: Pioneer in library instruction

Abstract: This study examines the career of librarian and educator Patricia B. Knapp (1914-1972), whose lifelong interest in the role of libraries in undergraduate education led her to identify the major principles involved in providing effective instruction in the use of libraries. The study details her early career as a librarian and the events leading up to her implementation of the Monteith College library project, an experiment in integrating library instruction into the undergraduate curriculum of Monteith College at Wayne State University. Her writings concerning the Monteith project set out the basic principles of instruction in the use of academic libraries, providing a foundation for the 1970s library instruction renaissance. Knapp's work had a profound influence on the evolution of modern library instruction. Her main contributions lay in her insistence that the library is a complex tool for organizing human knowledge, and that library competence is ideally taught through a concept-based approach using learning experiences which are carefully planned and sequenced throughout a four-year curriculum.

The study examines the Monteith project as well as Knapp's subsequent involvement in the library-college movement. After the conclusion of the Monteith project, Knapp became a faculty member in the Department of Library Science at Wayne State University. The study details her academic career and her interest in undergraduate librarianship.

MPACT Scores for Diane F. Worrell

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calculated 2008-01-31 06:12:55

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