Outreach Library Services for Distance Learners
Outreach Library Services for Distance Learners
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Bind: Hardbound
Year: 2004
Pages: 210
Size: 191 x 242 mm
Publisher: Viva Books Originals
Sales Territory: Worldwide
Reviews:
"It is encouraging to see an emerging dimension of support through the virtual libraries in the form of additional research, review and referral material. Fortunately, the open and distance learning system has assimilated and fruitfully absorbed dynamic developments in information and communication technology and are therefore in a better position today to meet the demands of virtual library services for distance learners. The papers collated in this volume seek to strengthen, support and focus on greater requirements and enhanced needs of library services for distance learners."
—H. P. Dikshit
Vice Chancellor
Indira Gandhi National Open
University and
Chairman
Distance Education Council
New Delhi
Description:
Providing library service to distance learners is a challenging task, As distance and open learning institutions are proliferating at a fast pace, the need for quality services is becoming a major concern all over the world. Outreach Library Services refers to providing services to the learners spread far and wide, It is a vital issue, and this needs to be addressed with full conviction.
"Outreach Library Services for Distance Learners" strings together some of the well known distance educators across nations to deliberate on the issues, concerns and challenges of the library services for distance learners both in developed and developing countries. The book shares the experiences of wide range of professionals working in this area, It focuses on more specifically on library services to distance learners in Asian countries, United Kingdom, and United States of America.
This book will be useful for those who are involved in planning and administering library services in distance and open learning institutions, as also LIS educators, researchers and students.
Contents:
Section One: Outreach Library Services to Distance Learners • Supporting Distance Learners (Andrew McDonald) • To Still Live Our Ideals: International or Transnational Distance Learning and Distance Learning Library Services (Harvey R. Gover) • The Management, Processing and Distribution of Knowledge in the Emerging Open and Distance Learning Environment (Olugbemiro Jegede)
Section Two: Outreach Library Services in India • Outreach Library and Information Services for Distance Learners of Indira Gandhi National Open University (Neela Jagannathan and Uma Kanjilal) • Status of Library and Resource Centre and its activities at Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University Scenario (Madhukar Shewale) • Library Services to Distance Learners: A Study of Kota Open University (B K Singh) • Information Technology enabled Library Services for Distance Learning:Threats and Opportunities (V. K.J. Jeevan)
Section Three: Outreach Library Services in Other Asian Countries • Providing Library and Information Services for the Visually Impaired: The Experience of the Open University Hong Kong Library (Annie Chan) • Chinese Television University Library Resources and Services (Anthony W. Ferguson) • The University of the Philippines Open University Library: Towards Increasing Access to Learning Resources (Audrey G. Anday) • Library Services for Distance Education and Open Learning at Sukhothai Tharnmathirat Open University (Boonta Wissawapaisal) • Efforts of the Indonesian Open Learning University Library: Making Library More Accessible to the Users (Effendi Wahyano) • Open University of Sri Lanka Library System: Services and its Future Plans (K. H. Sellathurai)h • Information Resource Centre: Mainstream for the Flow of Information for Lifelong Learning (Muhammad Saadat Ali)
Section Four: Outreach Library Services in UK and USA • Going the Distance: Solutions and Issues of Providing International Students with Library Service (Mou Chakraborty and Johanna Tunon) • International Centre for Distance Learning (ICDL) and Services to Distance Learners (Nazira Ismail-Kaye) • Open University - Open Libr@ry: How the Open University Library in the United Kingdom Supports its Students (Gill Needham)
Appendix: Guidelines for Library Services to Distance Learners Indian Library Association
About the Authors:
Neela Jagannathan is Librarian and Information Officer at the Library and Documentation Division (L&DD), Indira Gandhi National Open University, (IGNOU) New Delhi.
Santosh Panda is Professor of Distance Education at the Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE), Indira Gandhi National Open University, (IGNOU) New Delhi.
Uma Kanjilal is Reader of Library and Information Science, School of Social Sciences (SOSS), at the Indira Gandhi National Open University, (IGNOU) New Delhi.
