How do you spell 'support'? Multiple methods of library support to distributed education programs

This paper consists of librarians from two universities, one in the US and one in Canada, discussing and demonstrating the various ways they offer support to multiple distributed education programs. Because different programs on the same campus often offer distributed courses in different formats, libraries are required to become expert in all formats offered. This presentation will discuss library support via WebCT, Blackboard, FirstClass, proprietary courseware, email, the web, and Conferencing software. Where appropriate, differences between library support in the US and Canada will be noted and examined

Tri-Institutional Library Support: A Lesson in Forced Collaboration

This paper discusses the trials and tribulations of three separate institutional libraries supporting one new graduate-level academic program. In January 2002, a new distance graduate program in Applied Psychology began with technical, administrative, and academic support provided by three separate institutions. While one institution was initially charged with providing the bulk of library services, in reality, libraries at all three have contributed one service or another. The lead library provides remote database access and document delivery, and initially provided electronic reserves. After the first semester and several glitches, electronic reserves were moved to institutional library #2, which was also hosting the course management system. In the fall of 2002, institutional library #3 began to contribute with an information literacy module that has been incorporated into the orientation for all new students

Educating the leaders of tomorrow : the library without walls

A description of library services offered to students in distance programs within Canada and Ecuador

Educating the leaders of tomorrow : the library without walls

A description of library services offered to students in distance programs within Canada and Ecuador

Blogging for the Distance Librarian

Based on user lookups, Merriam-Webster Online proclaimed “Blog” the word of the year for 2004. Distance librarianship, until mid-way through 2004, was a subject that was under- represented in the blogosphere. The inception of a blog called The Distant Librarian: Comments on the World of Distance Librarianship is chronicled in this article, along with suggestions for how and where to get started, as well as how to incorporate blogs that support library services for distance students

Moving Day: Making the Most of Your Message with RSS and Syndicated Content

This article discusses the advantages of Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds. With RSS, content can be released and resyndicated and accessed by many in the most convenient way, on web pages, via email, or an RSS aggregator. Two free services that resyndicate RSS feeds are Alan Levine's Feed2JS and RSS to JavaScript

Working Together: Effective Collaboration in a Consortium Environment

This paper describes innovative library services to distance students negotiated through a geographically dispersed consortium, the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL). The Distance Education Forum (DE Forum) is one of the most active member groups within COPPUL, and has had a number of successes in collaborative services over the years. This paper provides an overview of how the DE Forum works, its Web site, and its ways of working through small sub-teams coordinated via an annual meeting. We describe a number of projects, looking both at what was successful and what didn’t work as well, and discuss what we learned

Introduction to CBCA Complete

A brief introduction to the ProQuest CBCA Complete database. Created with Camtasia Studio 4.N

What’s the Role of Libraries in Open Government Data?

Presented at CAPAL 2016 in Calgary, ABIn 2016, governments at all levels may release more previously locked data to the world than ever before. In theory, open government data should create a more informed citizenry. Yet often, large dumps of government data appear as the equivalent of large piles of paper files dumped into a room without order, extremely inaccessible in raw form. This presentation provides an overview of open data, what libraries are currently doing to help in their access, and what tools exist to work with open data. It also explores why some government are not making data open (e.g., for lack of money or capacity) and strategies for working with governments—of local government—to open things up.N

Educating leaders of tomorrow : the library without walls

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