Off-Campus Library Services - Hardcover

Casey, Anne Marie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789013398 ISBN 13: 9780789013392

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Synopsis

Casey (director, off-campus library services, Central Michigan U.) introduces 34 papers on this higher education growth sector, derived from the April 2000 conference sponsored by her home institution. Contributors from North American and Australian community colleges and universities address such aspects of off-campus library services as marketing

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789013398
• ISBN 13: 9780789013392
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 496