Library Outreach Partnerships And Distance Education

Author : Wendy Arent,Pixey Anne Mosley
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000-06-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0789008424

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Library Outreach, Partnerships, and Distance Education by Wendy Arent,Pixey Anne Mosley Pdf

Increase patronage with effective outreach strategies! From the Introduction, by Wendi Arant and Pixie Anne Mosley: “Outreach is a concept that is gaining more and more significance for libraries, particularly with the recent developments in information technology. Dictionaries define it as 'the act of extending services, benefits, etc. to a wider section of the population.’This definition also implies a mission to communicate a particular message to an audience in order to gain their support. Its meaning for libraries is profound, having consequences for fund raising, public service, and public relations.” Library Outreach, Partnerships, and Distance Education: Reference Librarians at the Gateway focuses on extending community outreach in libraries toward a broader public by expanding services that are based on recent advances in information technology. This crucial volume with help you will explore many of the issues that are currently affecting libraries, including: the growth of technology and its effect on libraries and library users emerging literacy issues (computer literacy, non-English-speaking populations) providing effective services to at-risk populations diversity and multiculturalism and how they are changing the ways that libraries are used targeting and reaching specific user groups distance education--bringing the mountain to Mohammed If the public perception of libraries is ever to move beyond that of “musty old book warehouses,” librarians must take a more active role in the development of new services and in heightening awareness of their existing services and collections. Library Outreach, Partnerships, and Distance Education presents ideas and strategies that are now being implemented around the United States to do just that. This book should be a part of every library's plans for the future!

Author : Joelle E. Pitts,Laura Bonella,Jason M. Coleman,Adam Wathen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9798216111450

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Library Services for Online Patrons by Joelle E. Pitts,Laura Bonella,Jason M. Coleman,Adam Wathen Pdf

This practical and holistic approach to offering library resources and services to online patrons addresses multiple areas of service to online patrons, including reference, instruction, access, and marketing. Academic libraries are wonderful resources for university students and faculty on campus, and public libraries thrive on providing targeted in-person services such as storytime, makerspaces, and adult programming. It can be easy, however, to forget about the large population of students, faculty, and community members who access library resources and use library services remotely. Library Services for Online Patrons reaches out to patrons who are not—or not always—located on campus or who seldom—if ever—visit libraries' physical facilities and who may not be aware of or able to equitably use library services. The authors focus on ways to organize library resources using principles of design and to cater library services to the specific needs of online students, faculty, and community members. They also address how to effectively target marketing to the online population and how to collaborate with campus and community stakeholders who work directly with them.

Author : Rebeca Peacock,Jill Wurm
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781476613253

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The New Academic Librarian by Rebeca Peacock,Jill Wurm Pdf

The new essays on today's academic librarians examine above all their functions and responsibilities--since these have greatly changed just in recent years, especially in matters of technology. These librarians/essayists step away from yesterday's stereotypes and explain at length their new roles. From digital resources and special collections, to web development and new outreach initiatives, the topics covered by the essays in this book will reassure new librarians and stimulate prospective librarians as they realize the enhanced and varied positions that are available in the 21st century academic library.

Author : Marjorie Fusco,Susan E. Ketcham
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002-07-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313078484

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Distance Learning for Higher Education by Marjorie Fusco,Susan E. Ketcham Pdf

Providing a survey of the current literature on distance learning, this annotated bibliography presents a broad overview of the field and its many issues. Material covered includes articles from professional journals, papers taken from the proceedings of recent distance learning conferences, documents from professional organizations, books, book chapters, and Internet sites. Organized thematically, each chapter features an introduction by the authors and offers a plethora of resources with complete bibliographic information, detailed annotations, and Web sites. Covering every aspect of distance learning—from methods of delivery to instructional design and evaluation—this guide will prove to be an essential resource for everyone involved in distance education.

Author : Hemalata Iyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136410710

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Distance Learning by Hemalata Iyer Pdf

The demand for and technology needed to create effective distance learning programs are increasing at a breakneck pace. Is your institution keeping up? As educators, information professionals are faced with the challenge of providing Web-based library instructional materials in a time of ever-changing technologies. This book will help you address that daunting challenge, examining ways to assess user needs, to develop and offer well-thought-out information literacy courses, to employ appropriate teaching methodologies, and to determine the effectiveness of existing information literacy programs. With Distance Learning: Information Access and Services for Virtual Users, you will examine: the evolution and significance of asynchronous learning networks (ALN) and various issues in ALN, including cost, faculty and technology requirements, the nature of the learning community, social presence, and collaborative environment virtual reference services, including electronic journals, subject directories, the invisible Web, and search engines the criteria for evaluating search results the role played by consortia and cooperative efforts in facilitating user access to library resources a review of selected literature addressing user characteristics and service/staff issues involved in providing information support for distance education the strategies, technologies, and pedagogical issues surrounding the development of Web-based library instruction tools—includes Web page design, copyright issues, Web site maintenance, and usability the award-winning online information literacy course developed at Ulster County Community College in New York—its development, course modules, and administrative challenges the library support services provided to distance learning students in the SUNY Plattsburg Telenursing Program the influence of cultural factors on interactions within and perceptions of distance education

Author : Association of College and Research Libraries. Distance Learning Section. Instruction Committee,Ramona Islam
Publisher : Association of Research Libr
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : UOM:39015062424976

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Collaboration for Distance Learning Information Literacy Instruction by Association of College and Research Libraries. Distance Learning Section. Instruction Committee,Ramona Islam Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Association of Research Libr
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : UOM:39015042760259

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The Role of ARL Libraries in Extension/outreach by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul Kelsey,Sigrid Kelsey
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0789024322

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Outreach Services in Academic and Special Libraries by Paul Kelsey,Sigrid Kelsey Pdf

Outreach Services in Academic and Special Libraries examines the creation and delivery of outreach programs designed to promote awareness of the library by meeting the information needs of underserved or uninformed patrons. This book contains the experiences of academic and special librarians who describe a wide array of successful outreach programs that are in place throughout the country. This valuable tool introduces professional librarians and library science students and faculty to current and highly innovative models of outreach services implemented in a variety of academic and special library settings.

Author : Burtin, Anika Spratley,Fleming, Jeffery S.,Hampton-Garland, Pamela
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522534556

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Changing Urban Landscapes Through Public Higher Education by Burtin, Anika Spratley,Fleming, Jeffery S.,Hampton-Garland, Pamela Pdf

Outreach and engagement initiatives are crucial in promoting community development. This can be achieved through a number of methods, including institutions of higher education. Changing Urban Landscapes Through Public Higher Education is a critical scholarly resource that examines the unique ways in which the faculty and students of the public institution of higher learning, in and for the nation’s capital, connect to the community. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as civic engagement, service learning, and teacher preparation, this book is geared towards educators, administration, academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on collaborative efforts between communities and institutions of higher education.

Author : Janet Crum,Samantha Schmehl Hines
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781789732078

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Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation by Janet Crum,Samantha Schmehl Hines Pdf

Libraries have recently begun doing more to support entrepreneurship and innovation within their communities. This volume explores how this has come about, looking at libraries from across North America, Europe and Africa, and helps position readers to better understand what is happening, and how this can be brought to further institutions.

Author : Linda S Katz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135796235

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Outreach Services in Academic and Special Libraries by Linda S Katz Pdf

Discover innovative outreach services you can implement for your library! Outreach Services in Academic and Special Libraries examines the creation and delivery of outreach programs designed to promote awareness of the library by meeting the information needs of underserved or uninformed patrons. This book contains the experiences of academic and special librarians who describe a wide array of successful outreach programs that are in place throughout the country. This valuable tool introduces professional librarians and library science students and faculty to current and highly innovative models of outreach services implemented in a variety of academic and special library settings. This extensive resource shows how to use outreach programs to market new information resources and services to library constituents. Outreach Services in Academic and Special Libraries contains charts, graphs, and pictorials to help walk you through the process of creating an outreach program at your library. This book also presents bibliographies, suggestions on how to improve on existing designs, and the librarians’ “wish lists” of ideas they’d like to try in the future. Outreach Services in Academic and Special Libraries presents case studies covering many topics related to outreach services, including: outreach to special groups of remote users multicultural outreach collaborative outreach partnerships with university and college departments and community organizations outreach Web sites targeting special groups marketing library services and resources information literacy as a form of outreach multi-media kiosks and exhibits book talks outreach to new faculty and transfer students and more! Librarians will benefit from the wide range of creative ideas and successful case studies implemented by library colleagues representing institutions from around the country. Outreach Services in Academic and Special Libraries serves as a catalyst for librarians to implement similar outreach programs at their own academic or special library.

Author : Linda S Katz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317951803

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Helping the Difficult Library Patron by Linda S Katz Pdf

This insightful book shows you how to deal with an issue as old as the library profession: interacting with problem patrons. It looks at this fact of life that affects almost every facet of library work and provides practical solutions--some developed within the field and some borrowed from other professions--that will improve reference services for those you serve and make the work of your library staff less stressful, more productive, and increasingly meaningful. Helping the Difficult Library Patron: New Approaches to Examining and Resolving a Long-Standing and Ongoing Problem examines: the nature of the problem from historical and demographic perspectives ways of dealing with the problem in academic and public libraries competency-based training techniques that will empower your frontline staff the impact of new technologies such as cellular phones and the Internet and ways of dealing with the new breeds of difficult patrons that come with them solutions from our colleagues what we can learn from the perspectives of others--psychotherapists, businesspeople, and corporate managers--you even get a Zen Buddhist viewpoint! effective ways to utilize community resources such as campus and local police and much, much more! Nowhere in the library literature have so many practitioners and educators combined their efforts to examine and provide solutions to this ageless problem. Library administrators, staff, and educators will find Helping the Difficult Library Patron a matchless resource!

Author : Kwasi Sarkodie-Mensah
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0789017318

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Helping the Difficult Library Patron by Kwasi Sarkodie-Mensah Pdf

A problem patron is not one with difficult requests or obscure interests, but one who displays behavior that is deemed destructive, criminal, bothersome, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate. Librarians look at the nature of the problem in academic and public libraries, the impact of such technologies as the Internet and cell phones, and solutions from other professions as well as from the experience of librarians.

Author : Suhasini L. Kumar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781136444036

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The Changing Face of Government Information by Suhasini L. Kumar Pdf

Learn what innovative changes lie in the future of government information The Changing Face of Government Information comprehensively examines the way government documents’ librarians acquire, provide access, and provide reference services in the new electronic environment. Noted experts discuss the impact electronic materials have had on the Government Printing Office (GPO), the reference services within the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), and the new opportunities in the transition from paper-based information policy to an electronic e-government. This source reveals the latest changes in the field of government documents librarianship and the knowledge and expertise needed to teach users how to access what they need from this enormous wealth of government information. Major changes have taken place in the way government information is created, disseminated, accessed, and preserved. The Changing Face of Government Information explains in detail the tremendous change taking place in libraries and government documents librarianship. Topics include the increasing accessibility to the federally funded technical report literature, information on the Patriot Act’s effect on the status of libraries in the aftermath of 9/11, the uses of Documents Data Miner©, and information about catalogs, indexes, and full text databases. This book also provides a selective bibliography of print and electronic sources about Native Americans and the Federal Government, as well as specific sources for information about the environment, such as EPA air data, DOE energy information, information on flora and fauna, hazardous waste, land use, and water. Each chapter is extensively referenced and several chapters use appendixes, tables, and charts to ensure understanding of data. This useful book gives readers the opportunity to learn: how the University of Oregon successfully integrated its business reference service and map collection into its government documents collection the results of a survey of FDLP institutions identifying the factors contributing to the reorganization of services details of the pilot project undertaken by the University of Arizona Library along with the United States Government Printing Office’s Library Programs Service to create a model for a virtual depository library which critical features are missing in today’s e-government reference service models details of the GPO’s plans to provide perpetual access to both electronic and tangible information resources—and the strategies to authenticate government publications on the Internet The Changing Face of Government Information is stimulating, horizon-expanding reading for librarians, professors, students, and researchers.

Author : Nancy D. Courtney
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781598844979

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Academic Library Outreach by Nancy D. Courtney Pdf

Traditionally, academic library outreach has meant reaching out to the campus community, providing services to faculty and students. Many universities and colleges, however, now have a new or renewed emphasis on outreach beyond the campus, seeking to ensure their institutions' relevance to the community at large. How can and do academic libraries participate in this type of outreach? What types of collaborations or partnerships are academic libraries forming with schools, public libraries, or community groups? How do academic librarians partner with faculty or campus departments on their community projects? What role does service-learning play? Nancy Courtney has assembled a sampling of approaches, from the innovative to the tried-and-true, each written in the voice of its strongest champion.