LIBRARY SERVICES FOR DISTANCE LEARNING

WHAT LIBRARIANS NEED TO KNOW!

PRESENTATION TO THE ILA/PNLA CONFERENCE

AUGUST 14, 1998

Alexander Slade

University of Victoria

RESOURCES FOR LIBRARIANS

Meta Web Sites on Distance Learning Library Services

Library Support for Distance Learning, by Bernie Sloan: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~sloan/libdist.htm
Libraries' Support for Distance Learners, by Ilene Frank: http://www.lib.usf.edu/~ifrank/dl.html
Library Services for Distance Education, from the NODE Learning Technologies website: http://node.on.ca/tfl/library/

Selected Institutional Web Sites for Distance Learning Library Services

University of Victoria: http://uviclib.uvic.ca/cs/info.html
University of British Columbia: http://www.library.ubc.ca/extension/welcome.htm
Simon Fraser University : http://www.lib.sfu.ca/kiosk/other/telebook.htm
Indiana Wesleyan University: http://www.indwes.edu/academic/library/
Macquarie University (Australia): http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/Lending_Services/pamphlet.html
Oregon State University: http://www.orst.edu/dept/library/distance_ed/bridge.htm
University of Wyoming: http://www.uwyo.edu/lib/out.htm
See also Bernie Sloan's extensive list: of sites: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~sloan/libdist.htm#LibWeb

Examples of Request Forms for Distance Learners

Indiana Wesleyan University: http://www.indwes.edu/academic/library/oclsform.html
New Jersey Institute of Technology: http://www.njit.edu/DL/forms/address.html
Charles Sturt University (Australia): http://www.csu.edu.au/division/library/decont.htm
Murdoch University (Australia): http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/forms/forms.html

Library Tutorials and Internet Instruction on the Web

NetLinkS is a Training and Awareness project supported by the Joint Information Systems Committee of the Higher Education Funding Council of England, as part of its Electronic Libraries programme. This site is a good starting point for viewing examples of tutorials:

http://netways.shef.ac.uk/netlinks.htm

Click on "Current Practice Case Base" for links to over twenty examples of information skills training on the web. The links are to a variety of sites, primarily at university libraries.

Other useful sites:

Oregon State University: http://www.orst.edu/~caspersj/litrev.htm
California State University: http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/infocomp/modules/index.html
Ohio State University: http://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/
University of Saskatchewan: http://library.usask.ca/ustudy/ustudy.html
Lesley College: http://www.tiac.net/users/ludcke/keh/personal.html
Utah State University/Weber State University: http://www.lib.utah.edu/navigator/
Grinnell College: http://www.lib.grin.edu/decisiontree/showcaseURLs.html

See also:

Library Instruction Programs, by Susan Beck: http://lib.nmsu.edu/staff/susabeck/biguide.html
Library Instruction for Distance Learners, by Ilene Frank: http://www.lib.usf.edu/~ifrank/dl.html#instruct

Internet Teaching Aids

Evaluating Internet Resources: http://refserver.lib.vt.edu/libinst/critTHINK.HTM
Beyond "Cool": Analog Models for Reviewing Digital Resources: http://www.onlineinc.com/onlinemag/SeptOL/rettig9.html
Evaluation of Networked Information Sources: http://omni.ac.uk/agec/essen.html
Evaluating Quality on the Net: http://www.tiac.net/users/hope/findqual.html
Internet Citation Guides: http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Memorial/citing.htm

Guidelines on Library Services for Distance Learning

Association of College and Research Libraries. ACRL Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services: http://www.ala.org/acrl/guides/distlrng.html
Canadian Library Association. Guidelines for Library Support of Distance Learning in Canada: http://www.cla.amlibs.ca/distance.htm
Canadian Library Association. Draft Guidelines for Library Support of Distance and Distributed Learning in Canada: http://uviclib.uvic.ca/staff/sslade/guidelines.html

Web Resources on Library Services for Distance Education

Journal of Library Services for Distance Education: http://www.westga.edu/library/jlsde/
Libraries Without Walls: http://www.dcu.ie/library/bibdel/
Distributed Learning and Libraries: http://www.wils.wisc.edu/morewils/staff/dc/waalhout.html
International Centre for Distance Learning: http://www-icdl.open.ac.uk/icdl/

Print Resources on Library Services for Distance Education

Latham, Sheila, Alexander L. Slade, and Carol Budnick. Library Services for Off-Campus and Distance Education: An Annotated Bibliography. Ottawa: Canadian Library Assocaition, 1991. ISBN: 0-88802-257-3.
Slade, Alexander L. and Marie A. Kascus. Library Services for Off-Campus and Distance Education: the Second Annotated Bibliography. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1996. ISBN: 1-56308-465-1.

User Research

The User Access to Services Committee of the Machine Assisted Reference Section (MARS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of the American Library Association maintains a web site on Current User Research. This site provides an annotated bibliography of research exploring the information-seeking behavior of users including, but not limited to, Internet and Web behavior. An online form for researchers to record work in progress is also included.

http://www.lib.muohio.edu/~shocker/mars/

Listservers

OFFCAMP list. This list will be of interest to all persons involved in or wanting to be involved in off-campus library services.

To subscribe, e-mail to this address:

LISTSERV@CWIS-20.WAYNE.EDU

and enter the following information:

SUB OFFCAMP YOUR NAME

Example SUB OFFCAMP MARY JONES

DISTLIB-L list. Discussion Group sponsored by the Distance Learning Interest Group of the Canadian Library Association.

To subscribe, e-mail to this address:

MAILSERV@LIB.LAKEHEADU.CA

and enter the following information:

SUBSCRIBE DISTLIB-L YOUR NAME

Example SUB DISTLIB-L MARY JONES

Associations and Interest Groups

Association of College & Research Libraries - Distance Learning Section: http://ecuvax.cis.ecu.edu/~lbshouse/home.htm
Library & Information Technology Association - Distance Learning Interest Group: http://thunder.lib.siu.edu/lita/
Australian Library and Information Association - Distance Education Special Interest Group [DESIG]: http://www.alia.org.au/sigs/desig/

Conferences

The Off-Campus Library Services Conferences: http://www.lib.cmich.edu/ocls/oclscon.htm

A Personal Perspective on Distance Learning Library Services

For an outline of University of Victoria services for distance learners and a personal view of this area, see:

User Services for Distance Learners: A Librarian's View, by Alexander L. Slade

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Created: July 7, 1998