For example, updating of bibliographies and library guides can be done electronically. Photocopying and distribution of handouts can be minimized. Electronic dissemination of answers to frequently asked questions can save repeated communication of basic facts and concepts. Instructional technologies in the classroom do not render the instructor redundant. But they can promote self-directed learning in the student.
Students can proceed at an individualized pace.
Contact with the instructor can be reserved for consultation, discussion, and other forms of dialogue and personal interaction. Similarly, the user education librarian can set the stage for self-directed learning. A self-sufficient library user will have professional consultation available when needed, but if , with the aid of technology, information and instruction is made available to the independent learner, then skill development can occur independently, and the library user can be self sufficient to a great extent. With technology, a vast amount of information regarding the use of the library can be available when and where it's needed. This added capability means that self-directed learning need not take place in isolation.