Paper Keywords: library entrance education for freshmen in university libraries
This paper analyzes the necessity of library entrance education for freshmen in university library, and puts forward various implementation methods of library entrance education.
Most freshmen are at a loss about how to get information after entering the university, because the learning style of the university is active and spontaneous, which is a brand-new concept for the majority of freshmen, and the university library may be even stranger to them and they don't know how to use it, so it is most important to educate freshmen in the library.
First, the necessity of freshman library education
Most freshmen are not very familiar with the basic situation of university library, and they are not very clear about how to use the collection resources of university library, which leads to great obstacles in their use of library information and collection resources and many problems that should not appear. For example, being unfamiliar with the nature and management system of open-shelf lending greatly increases the work intensity of library staff; Borrow someone else's reading card to read books and periodicals; Unfamiliar with the collection layout leads to the blindness of borrowing; Not knowing all kinds of lending rights, causing unnecessary losses; Do not understand the online operation process, resulting in a waste of information resources; Not knowing the knowledge of book classification increases the difficulty of borrowing; Unable to use the substitute board reasonably, resulting in serious bookshelf confusion; The quality of moral cultivation is low, and books are lost; Grab reading seats with articles, so that other students have no study space; Eat snacks in the reading room; Answer the phone in the reading room, etc. Therefore, college leaders, class teachers, especially university library leaders should attach great importance to library entry education ideologically, organize a group of library professionals with strong professional ability, rich work experience and strong sense of responsibility, and vigorously publicize the importance of library entry education to all teachers and students.
Library-entry education can promote students to become conscious and autonomous college students. From middle school to university, students' learning style has changed a lot. The university adopts an independent and research-based learning method, which encourages the educated to choose independently and explore actively in the process of learning knowledge. It emphasizes the personal practice and experience of the educated, and can not only obtain indirect knowledge through textbooks and classrooms; More emphasis is placed on the practical application of the knowledge and skills learned by the educated, rather than just the general understanding and mastery. For freshmen who have just entered the university, this is a brand-new and completely unfamiliar way of learning, which is difficult to get used to and adapt to for a period of time. Library entry education can help freshmen quickly master how to make the library provide services for learning, and make full use of rich collection resources in time and handy, so as to quickly adapt to the specific learning environment of colleges and universities. If college students want to firmly master professional skills and have extensive knowledge, it is far from enough to rely solely on classroom education. They also need to make full use of the library as the second classroom, and practice their internal skills in the vast sea of books in order to by going up one flight of stairs. There are many professional reference books in the library. Through reading, students can not only consolidate and improve their professional knowledge, but also obtain knowledge and information that is not involved in class, thus enriching their knowledge structure. Through library education, students can understand the rules and regulations of the library and consciously assume the obligations of readers. Rich literature resources and the advantages of modern information technology equipment make university libraries have a good academic atmosphere. Library entry education can make students have a deeper understanding of the importance of using the library, and have a preliminary understanding of how to use the library reasonably and effectively, so as to make basic preparations for turning it into a conscious and autonomous learning student. More importantly, this kind of education can enhance students' awareness of literature information retrieval and utilization, help them master the basic methods of literature retrieval, and lay a good foundation for their continuous learning and lifelong learning.
Second, the specific implementation form of library education
Compared with classroom teaching, library entrance education has the advantages of flexibility and initiative, which is conducive to cultivating college students' independence and creativity. Library staff should make a concise training plan suitable for freshmen, and make careful arrangements in organizational form, activity time, activity scale and training content, so that educational activities can be carried out in an orderly manner and achieve the expected results.
The basic situation of the library includes the nature, function, building scale, collection resources layout, service means and items, staffing, rules and regulations, book classification, book shelving knowledge and so on. The staff should pay special attention to the borrowing rules, methods, steps and precautions of freshmen's books and periodicals, and also explain how to use computer network technology to query the Chinese and foreign language databases of library books and electronic journals. Then lead the freshmen to visit each department in batches and orderly, and the leaders of each department are responsible for explaining the whole process of inquiring, reading and borrowing books and periodicals in their departments. If necessary, they can do a series of demonstration actions to let the freshmen have an intuitive feeling about the work of the library. With the development of network and digital platform, library education is no longer the traditional training of borrowing and returning books and rules and regulations. On the basis of traditional training content, new service functions of the library are added, so that freshmen can make full use of the library effectively through this training.
Take different forms of education
The content of library entrance education is displayed in the form of multimedia, which is not only simple to operate, but also vivid, which is conducive to stimulating students' interest, better carrying out library entrance education and making freshmen accept it better and faster. According to the different contents of library entrance education, the forms of education should be different, mainly including publicity education, multimedia education and field visit education. A guide for freshmen should be compiled to introduce the general situation, layout guide, resource distribution, lending service, online database, rules and regulations of the library in a comprehensive and detailed way. Appendices can contain common information such as the opening hours and contact numbers of the library, and send them to each freshman, which will be included in the overall arrangement of freshmen's entrance education, and introduce the library site, schedule, collection documents, informatization degree and various rules and regulations to students in written form. Because it is in written form, it is convenient to save the relevant information of library entry education and consult it at any time in the future. It is an effective way widely used in library entry education.
(2) Making multimedia courseware
In order to replace manual teaching, we made? First use of the library? Multimedia courseware CD helps freshmen to make effective use of library resources as soon as possible. The contents include: the introduction of the library, the use of online catalog system, the understanding of call numbers, and how to find books in the stacks. How to borrow and return books, renew and consult personal records, the requirements of civilized readers, how to get help, etc. The text, sound, picture, video, animation and multimedia are organically combined, and the retrieval process with strong operability is demonstrated with video clips, accompanied by synchronous explanation. The multimedia form of courseware ensures the maximum amount of information per unit time, fully arouses the interest of freshmen, and enables them to easily complete library skills training. At the same time, it also avoids the repeated explanations and differences caused by the imbalance of teachers' level, and improves the teaching effect.
Third, the conclusion
Many years' practice has proved that doing a good job in the library entrance education for freshmen can standardize their borrowing behavior, make them understand and be familiar with university libraries in a short time, make full use of rich collection resources, give full play to the educational function of libraries, and let every student successfully spend their university life and go to society. After library entry education, students can master the most basic methods of using the library, but with the passage of time, many things will be forgotten, and library entry education cannot be comprehensive and in place. In order to solve this problem, the library should formulate management regulations such as library preview room, library electronic preview room, library borrowing and returning books, so that new and old students can make better use of the library and really let the library play its role.