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2/03

AT THE ONLINE LIBRARY
In online higher education, as in traditional higher education, the library is the nexus between teaching and learning, providing a host of vital services to its patrons. The prototypical 21st century higher education library is a complex business. Technology is driving enormous change in the way students learn and faculty teach. MORE

DISTANCE EDUCATION LIBRARIANSHIP BENEFITS ALL STUDENTS
From one campus to another, there are many different organizational structures that provide library services to online learners and teachers. "Often what happens is that distance educators don’t think that libraries are paying attention to what they are doing, but most libraries actually are paying very close attention," says Maryhelen Jones, associate library director at Florida State University. MORE

DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR LIBRARIANS KEEPING UP WITH TIMES
Today, library science programs are changing to meet the growing needs of electronic library environments by building in knowledge of how to work with distance education and information technology personnel and placing that knowledge into their curriculums. MORE

NEW AGE OF COMMERCIAL VENDORS OF ONLINE LIBRARY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES POSES PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
The information age has brought a good number of commercial vendors into the electronic library space that are plying their wares to college and university students, faculty, and staff. MORE

OCLS CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS MUST-READ FOR DISTANCE EDUCATORS
Off-Campus Learning Services (OCLS) at Central Michigan University (CMU) sponsors an OCLS Conference typically held every other year. An 11th OCLS Conference will be held on May 5-7, 2004 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The 10th OCLS Conference was held in April last year in Cincinnati, Ohio. A "must-read-by-distance-educators" proceedings publication from the 10th Conference is comprised of 442 pages with 44 papers. MORE

TAKE THIS TEST PLEASE
Before any student enters the University of North Texas (UNT) School of Library and Information Sciences (SLIS) master’s degree program, he or she is asked to take an online assessment that covers their computer competency and information technology intelligence levels via an Information Technology Knowledge and Skills (ITKS) Diagnostic Tool. MORE

QUICK TAKES ON EFFECTIVE PRACTICES IN HIGHER EDUCATION ONLINE TEACHING, LEARNING AND STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
This month’s Quick Takes feature two effective practices for providing online library services. MORE

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