Librarians with instructional responsibilities will base information literacy session content upon course syllabi and teaching faculty's assessments of student readiness. Often students' self-perceived competencies do not factor into the lesson planning process. The aim of this project is to collect the levels of self-confidence for a group of students who are primarily entering health care professions. This study observes students' levels of self-confidence in performing research-related activities and their corresponding ability to correctly answer content questions for those tasks. Students' self-confidence ratings are not reliable indicators for information literacy competence. The confidence levels for information literacy tasks of students entering health care professions may have clinical implications for future practice.

The King Library in San José, California, is a unique combination of academic and public library. It serves the diverse populations of the City of San José and San José State University (SJSU). This article provides analysis of data collected in a study on the concept of “library as place” and SJSU students’ sense of belonging toward the King Library building. This study involved a mixed quantitative-qualitative research approach. In total, 744 students were surveyed. The results show that SJSU students use the library and it is relevant to their needs. Ideas for improvement and creation of services are offered.

Purpose -The aim of this research is to describe the impact that the emergence of electronic journals has exerted on different services and areas making up information units in Argentine private universities. Design/methodology/approach -The analysis focuses on the 27 libraries with journals that answered a survey, and impact is evaluated by means of the survey's closed and open questions. This research covers the following aspects: selection and acquisition, human resources, technical processes, informatics, marketing, users services, library cooperation, and publishing. Findings -The research outlines the extent to which electronic reference services are being used in Argentina, and the analysis reveals reasons why leading private academic libraries have included electronic journals in their collections. The number of universities granting access to electronic journals has increased slowly over the last five years, though libraries count on a rich variety of electronic journals subscriptions -particularly databases. There is a lack of uniformity with regard to the adoption of standard criteria for cataloguing electronic journals -though over 50 percent said they did catalogue them. Originality/value -Although the study is limited to the Argentine private academic library system, it provides further insight into the realities of private academic libraries in Argentina regarding access, use, and publishing of electronic journals -which, because of the inherent problems of duplication and cost, pose a great challenge to information professionals today.

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Resumen: La presente investigación estudia el impacto que produce la aparición de publicaciones periódicas electrónicas en los diferentes departamentos, servicios o áreas que conforman las unidades de información de las bibliotecas privadas universitarias argentinas en la actualidad. Se analizan las áreas de Selección y adquisición, Recursos humanos, Procesos técnicos, Infraestructura informática, Marketing de servicios bibliotecarios, Servicios al usuario, Cooperación y Edición, describiéndose los factores que han movilizado a las bibliotecas universitarias a incorporar revistas electrónicas. Se analizan las actuales redes de cooperación como factor importante en la gestión de este nuevo recurso tecnológico y futuras tendencias en el campo de la cooperación y edición electrónica en la Argentina. Palabras clave: publicaciones periódicas electrónicas, bibliotecas universitarias, gestión de recursos de información, cooperación bibliotecaria, edición electró-nica, universidades, Argentina.Abstract: This paper studies the present impact of the use of electronic journals in the areas and subdivisions of the academic libraries in the private university system of Argentine, i.e.; departments, services and/or sectors in the information units. This research analyses the following aspects: Selection and Acquisition, Human Resources, Technical Process, Informatics, Marketing, User's services, Library's cooperation and Edition. It describes the reasons why the private academic libraries have included the electronic journals in their collections. The cooperation library system, as a decisive structure for the management of this technology resource, is studied. This investigation shows also trends in the field of cooperation and electronic publishing in Argentina