Keywords
distance-education, English courses, university students
Abstract
This presentation reports the results of a project to extend the services and resources of Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library to distance-education students located in many areas of the world. Focusing on students enrolled in university-level English courses, the project team created a one-stop, integrated Web portal of library services and resources in Independent Study courses. This Library portal includes links to subscription databases, interlibrary loan, and personal reference services such as Ask a Librarian Live. The project team promoted faculty members' use of library research in the assignments for their Independent Study English courses. Finally, to ascertain the success of the project and make recommendations for further implementation and improvement, the project team tracked the students' use of library resources for their English courses and evaluated their experience with the portal. The ALA SIRSI's Leader in Library Technology Grant provided funding for the project.
Original Publication Citation
Washburn, A., Draper, J. (24). 8 miles from the nearest library, with a research paper due monday: Extending library services to distance learners. Journal of Library Administration, 41(3), 57-529.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Washburn, Allyson and Draper, Jessica, "80 Miles from the Nearest Library, with a Research Paper Due Monday: Extending Library Services to Distance Learners" (2004). Faculty Publications. 1019.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1019
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2004-01-01
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/552
Publisher
The Haworth Press, Inc.
Language
English
College
Harold B. Lee Library
Copyright Status
© 2004 The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton NY, Washburn, A., Draper, J. (2004). 80 miles from the nearest library, with a research paper due monday: Extending library services to distance learners. Journal of Library Administration, 41(3), 507-529. Article copies available from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: docdelivery@haworthpress.com
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