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A brief historical overview of the library instruction scene in the United States and Canada, an analysis of library instruction conference themes, and the identification of perceptions of librarians attending the LOEX, WILU, and LOEX of the West conferences in 2000 and 2001 reveal that the border may be responsible for significant differences between the two countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the results of a Web-based survey on usage of information and communication technologies by college professors at the University for Idaho (UI) for research and teaching. As of 2004, higher education is facing two major challenges, namely, shrinking budgets and a trend toward continuously expanding development of information and communication technologies. Constant monitoring for unwasteful management of taxpayers' money impacted changes in the higher education business model from a not-for-profit to for-profit model. Consequently, academic libraries, which are almost fully dependent on university budgets, quickly implemented a management idea to do more with less money. The UI is a land-grant institution with the primary responsibility for doctoral degrees, research programs, and professional public service for the state. The UI has only one main library with northwest special collections, and regular collections reflecting the land-grant tradition of emphasis on the basic sciences, agriculture, and natural resources while providing support in the fields of basic humanities, and social sciences. Since 1995, the library has had a presence on the World Wide Web that provides access to records for the entire print and electronic collection via an online catalog with access to WorldCat bibliographic records.