Beyond Books: Library Services to Distance Education Students (original) (raw)

Making the connection: library services for distance education and off-campus students

Texas Library …, 2003

By RANDY McDONALD AND MARTHEA TURNAGE dat. toC phy and eng suc E nrollments in post-secondary distance education programs continue to skyrocket. Hardware and software advancements over the past decade have made it possible to deliver greatly improved services to distance education and other off-campus students accessing an academic library's resources while away from campus. Librarians have long recognized that the needs of distance and off-campus students differ from those of traditional, on-campus students. In 1991, E.]. Burge analyzed two studies concerned with the relationship among libraries, distance educators, and distance learners and found that the library was isolated from the learners (Niemi, 6). Similarly, faculty who teach distance education courses also have specific library needs unique to the distance education environment.

Responding to the library needs of distance learners

Organizacija znanja, 2009

One of the current trends in higher education is the rapid growth of distance education. Until recently distance learners could not access the rich documentary resources available to campus students, a factor thought to undermine the quality of distance education. However, the Internet has changed that. The paper examines how distance teaching universities make library resources available and how their students use them. There will be a particular focus on the challenge of serving distance learners in developing countries since that is where much of the growth of distance education will be.

Distance Education: A Model for Providing Services and Bibliographic Instruction

Distance Education: A Model for Providing Services and Bibliographic Instruction, 2002

Dr. Bibb shares his extensive background and experience in research and in providing complex library support to distance learning students. This model is well worth study as distance learning academic programs continue to expand, both disciplines and distance. [NOTE: I do not have a PhD; the editor assumed I was. Also, the semo.edu email address is no longer valid.]

It Takes a Library to Support Distance Learners

Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 2000

Wallace Library's philosophy is to create and provide resources and services that will support all users. Consequently, distance learners and distance faculty have a plethora of online resources available to them, some of which is "pushed out," saving time and effort for the library user. The evolvement of Wallace's online resources is continuous, focused on the student or professor's research need from a geographic distance.

Wed Based Library Services for Distance Education Students: A Brief Review

CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research - Zenodo, 2017

Distance learning is one of the most rapidly growing fields of education and training. The role of libraries is very crucial in the distance learning process. For gaining the quality education, distance education learners needs adequate library services. This paper examines the possible ways of library services more specifically web based library services that fulfil the information needs of the distance education students. It concludes that the librarians should be expert to hold the hands of the users who are moving towards new communication paradigm a shift from face to face human contact to human machine interaction, from paper to electronic delivery, from text centered mode to multimedia and from physical presence to virtual presence. To meet these challenges the librarians may play a leadership role in providing better Web Based library Services facilities to their current techno savvy users.