Off-Campus Library Services

Keep up with new concepts in this fast-changing field! The Internet, distance learning, and remote access to central information banks used to be the stuff of science fiction. Nowadays, academic librarians reap the benefits--and face the practical consequences--of the staggering advances in information technology. Off-Campus Library Services presents the advice and suggestions of experienced librarians to help you develop effective, easy-to-use off-campus information services, including distance learning.

This informative book reveals the secrets of planning and implementing off-campus services. It also helps veteran librarians add user-friendly features and solve common problems on their existing systems. Off-Campus Library Services explains the technology, addresses management issues, and offers usable suggestions for program development.

Off-Campus Library Services explores the central issues of these new services, including:

• training issues for library staff
• Web site development
• technical and information support
• changing roles for librarians
• the uses of conferencing software
• library support for Web-based courses
• library agreements and how to successfully negotiate them
• and much more!
  
  Off-Campus Library Services will become a trusted reference for librarians involved in planning, administering, or updating distance learning resources.

Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Program Advisory Board and Executive Planning Committee
• 9th Off-Campus Library Services Conference Proceedings: Introduction
• Conference Introduction
• Marketing Library Resources and Services to Distance Faculty
• Using a “Summit Meeting” to Negotiate Library Agreements
• Computer Mediated Conferencing, E-Mail, Telephone: A Holistic Approach to Meeting Students' Needs
• Emerging Technologies: Tools for Distance Education and Library Services
• . . . And a Free 800 Line! Managing Technical and Information Support for Distance Education
• Extending Library Boundaries Without Losing the Personal Touch
• Consortium Solutions to Distance Education Problems: Utah Academic Libraries Answer the Challenges
• Developing an Effective Off-Campus Library Services Web Page: Don't Worry, Be Happy!
• Document Delivery Options for Distance Education Students and Electronic Reserve Service at Ball State University Libraries
• Beyond the Rhetoric: A Study of the Impact of the ACRL Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services on Selected Distance Learning Programs in Higher Education
• Providing Services and Information to the Dispersed Off-Campus Student: An Integrated Approach
• CatchTheWeb-Personal: A Versatile Web-Based Demonstration and Tutorial Creation Tool
• Knowing Your Users and What They Want: Surveying Off-Campus Students About Library Services
• From Isolation to Cooperation: The Changes that Technology Creates in Institutional Culture
• Now You Can Get There from Here: Creating an Interactive Web Application for Accessing Full-Text Journal Articles from Any Location
• Straddling Multiple Administrative Relationships
• Librarians' Changing Role in Distance Education: Need for Training
• Closing the Gap: Using Conferencing Software to Connect Distance Education Students and Faculty
• Education for Provision of Library Services to Distance Learners: The Role of the LIS Schools
• Planning for Distance Learning: Support Services and the Library's Role
• Partners in Emerging Technology: Library Support for Web-Based Courses
• Library Instruction for the Next Millennium: Two Web-Based Courses to Teach Distant Students Information Literacy
• All Hands on Deck: Navigating the Political Waters of Off-Campus Library Programs
• New Partnerships for New Learning
• Services to Distance Learners: Planning for E-Reserves and Copyright
• Doctoral Dissertations at a Distance: A Novel Approach from Down Under
• Innovative Methods for Providing Instruction to Distance Students Using Technology
• Indonesia Electronic Library Design Plan for Supporting a Distance Learning Environment
• Virtual Desk: Real Reference
• Using a Web-Based MOO for Library Instruction in Distance Education
• Graduate Students' Perceptions of Library Support Services for Distance Learners: A University System-Wide Study
• Reaccreditation at Nova Southeastern University: How Reaccreditation Can Create Opportunities for Improving Library Services to Distance Students
• Working in the Asynchronous Environment: Two Case Studies
• Louisiana Academic Libraries: Partnering to Enhance Distance Education Services
• Index
• Reference Notes Included