Instruction in using the Internet is given primarily in two ways. A number of libraries offer Internet instruction in non-library campus buildings using a variety of the technologies currently available. Sixty percent of responding libraries collaborate with other departments and their computing center. Small classrooms predominate, as do lecture rooms, though several offer instruction in open areas and in large auditoriums. The majority of Internet instruction is conducted on networked IBM or IBM clone machines with LCD panels and an image or slide projector.
Ethernet is the most common way to connect to the campus network for the workshop sessions.
Clearly, the technology is constantly changing. Many libraries have recently upgraded to Windows 95 or Windows NT and Web-based library catalogs. A number of libraries publicize their classes by announcing them to various organizations and by giving these organizations information to disseminate. The classes are targeted to undergraduates and graduates as well as staff and faculty. Community members are welcome at a majority of these free workshops, but the workshops are not widely advertized throughout the community.