Category: Scholarship
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Survey of Library Services Offered to Walk-in Distance Users
My old boss at Nova Southeastern University is running a survey of library services and Librarian attitudes towards walk-in distance users. Would you take the time to fill it out? It needs to be completed by November 3. The increasing numbers of distance students using local public and unaffiliated academic libraries is creating staffing, budgeting,…
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2006 OCLS Conference
This was, of course, recently announced on the OFFCAMP list, but I thought a post here might make it easier to find when you (or I) go looking for the announcement in a couple months 🙂 The 2006 Off Campus Library Services Conference (12th) will be held in Savannah, Georgia. The dates of the conference…
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ACRL/DLS Haworth Press Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award
On this page you’ll find a link to an MS Word nomination form for the ACRL/DLS Haworth Press Distance Learning Librarian Conference Sponsorship Award. This is a $1200 award with a December 1, 2004 deadline. Award criteria can be found in the nomination information.
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Come to Canada!
Just saw the ED-MEDIA Call For Participation hit my inbox, and having never been to Montreal I think I’ll throw in a proposal with a colleague about a collaboration we did with a writing prof for our distance nursing students. Here are the presentation categories for the conference – lots of opportunities for different things.…
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Convergence of Libraries, Learning and Technology Conference
Well, this would certainly appear to be more of a regional draw, but there should be some application for distance librarians at this conference. Perhaps you want to present? CFP: Convergence of Libraries, Learning and Technology Conference Conference: Convergence of Libraries, Learning and Technology Conference (Ohio Digital Commons for Education Conference) Conference Dates: March 6-8,…
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A journal in need of some library content
I’ve been watching The International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning for a few months now thanks to the Watch that Page service, and each month I hope to see an article about distance library services, but don’t. My only current paper idea already has a publisher, but maybe you’re looking for a place…
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Call for Papers
Academic Exchange Quarterly has a call for papers for a theme issue on Altenative Library Instruction – a shoe-in for us distance folk! Focus: The goal of this issue will be to provide examples of alternative library instruction created by librarians or faculty members in all settings, K-12, public, academic, special, etc., that can be…
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Two Conference Presentations
A couple of weeks ago I attended the Alberta Distance Education and Training Association’s (ADETA) annual conference, held here in Calgary. There were two library-related presentations at the conference, and I got something from both of them. The first was presented by a student (and not a library student!) who had been involved in a…
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Linking course web sites to library collections and services
Just finished reading the following article and have a couple of thoughts. The link should work if you have Science Direct on your campus. Supposed to also be available from EBSCO, but they appear to be two issues behind on this title… Oya Y. Rieger, Angela K. Horne and Ira Revels, Linking course web sites…
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Supporting Services in e-Learning
A report titled Supporting Services in e-Learning was mentioned in today’s Online Learning Update. With a title like that I thought for sure they’d mention the importance of library services, but no, not really. The report talks about support services to students at NKI Distance Education, an online institution in Norway. While NKI does apparently…