The solutions to these problems in many ways represent compromises between order, space, and the quirks of human cognition and behavior. These compromises create multileveled systems of order and problems of complexity. The continuing revolution in technology changes the face of the systems. It solves some problems while creating new challenges. One goal of library user education is to facilitate the use of libraries through understanding the systems that comprise the order of a library.
Research libraries scare most students.
Help is needed to get more than frustration and despair out the experience of looking for information. The instruction program of the Temple University Libraries strives to teach students the skills they need to find information in general and in the Libraries in particular. Academic libraries have traditionally placed a higher emphasis than public libraries on users learning to find material on their own. The reason for this is partly an expectation of scholarly independence and responsibility, and partly a tradition of staffing the library at levels well below what it would take to deliver each document to each requestor. This increases the necessity of users learning the library.