Training to scientific and technical information in the Faculté des sciences de Rouen

In 1985 at the University of Science of Rouen, a course was created : Initiation to Search and Scientific Information (IRIS) to be compulsory in the second year of studies. The teaching of this course was to be performed by both scientists and librarians of the science department, had to be adapted to an increasing number of sutdents and had to meet public demand as well as to incorporate the new bibliographic search tools. This article contains a brief history of the course, a description of its content, the result of a survey made among the students and the question it raised.
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