The Role of the Virtual Librarian in Higher Education - TechEd 2009

Dr. Carolyn Paul, Program Manager (paul@chapman.edu)

Annie Knight, Distance Education Librarian (aknight@chapman.edu)

Chapman University College
March 24, 2009


This presentation focuses on the library services provided by the Virtual Librarian to both distance education college faculty and students of Chapman University College using Internet Technologies with adherence to accreditation standards and the vision and mission of the University.


The following is a list of selected resources used for providing distance education library services.


Books

Arant, W. & Mosley, P. A. (Eds.). (2000). Library outreach, partnerships, and distance education: Reference librarians at the gateway. New York: Haworth Press.


Clayton, S. J. (2007). Going the distance: Library instruction for remote learners. New York: Neal-Schuman.


Cook, D. & Sittler, R. L. (Eds.). (2008). Practical pedagogy for library instructors: 17 innovative strategies to improve student learning. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.


Daugherty, A. & Russo, M. F. (2007). Information literacy programs in the digital age: Educating college and university students online. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.


Goodson, C. F. (2001). Providing library services for distance education students: A how-to-do-it manual. New York: Neal-Schuman.


Lankes, D. R., Nicholson, S., Radford, M. L., Silverstein, J., Westbrook, L., & Nast, P. (Eds.). (2008). Virtual reference service: From competencies to assessment. New York: Neal-Schuman.


Mattherw, J. R. (2007). The evaluation and measurement of library services. Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited.


Smith, S. S. (2006). Web-based instruction: A guide for libraries. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.


Journals
American Journal of Distance Education (Routledge) / ISSN: 1538-9286

www.ajde.com


Distance Education (Routledge) / ISSN: 0158-7919
www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01587919.asp


International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IGI Global) / ISSN: 1539-3100
http://jdet.mine.tku.edu.tw


International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (Athabasca University) / ISSN: 1492-3831
www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl


Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserves (Routledge) / ISSN: 1540-3572

www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t792306877~db=all

Journal of Library Administration (Haworth Information Press) / ISSN: 0193-0826
www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J111

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Journal of Library Services for Distance Education (State University of West Georgia) / ISSN: 1096-2123
www.westga.edu/~library/jlsde


Reference & User Services Quarterly (American Library Association) / ISSN: 1094-9054

www.rusq.org

Web Resources
Association of College and Research Libraries & American Library Association (ACRL) Distance Learning Section
http://caspian.switchinc.org/~distlearn

www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/guidelinesdistancelearning.cfm


A.N.T.S. (Animated Tutorial Sharing Project)
http://ants.wetpaint.com


The Distant Librarian (blog)

http://distlib.blogs.com


OFFCAMP Email List (The University of Texas at Austin)
www.lib.utsystem.edu/offcamp/list.html


Off-Campus Library Services Conference
http://ocls.cmich.edu/conf2010/about.html


Open Source Software – Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki
www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Software


Software
*Note: This selected list includes free, open source, and commercial software


Webinar and Videoconferencing Software


Online Research Guide Software


Screen Capturing and Video Editing Software

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