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call for survey participants
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rita Barsun)
Tue Mar 11 20:00:51 2003
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:27:41 -0600
From: Rita Barsun <rbarsun@WALDENU.EDU>
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**This message is being cross-posted to several library lists. Please
excuse duplication.
Survey of Library Services Offered to Walk-in Distance Users
The fact that more and more academic institutions are jumping on the
distance education bandwagon is impacting an increasing number of academic
libraries. Research is needed to get a better understanding (1) of which
academic library services are actually available to walk-in distance
students from other institutions and (2) of the attitudes of local
academic librarians toward walk-in distance students from other
institutions as well as from their own institutions. Results of the survey
will permit/allow for assessment of services available to distance
students and attitudes toward the students using these services. Because
this is an issue that is becoming increasingly relevant to all academic
libraries, research in this area is important in order to provide
administrators and public service librarians with concrete data that can
be used to evaluate from a different perspective library services offered
at their institutions. Results will be presented in a future library
conference and/or journal article.
The survey can be found now through March 21 at
http://www.nova.edu/library/dils/surveysforms/survey.htm
By completing the survey on-line, respondents' answers will be anonymous.
Identifying your particular institution is optional. You may also request
the survey be sent to you by email, fax, or mail; characteristics
identifying any individuals will be removed from the results.
For more information, please contact any of the following:
Johanna Tuñón
Head of Distance and Instructional Library Services
Nova Southeastern University
(800) 541-6682 ext. 4608
tunon@nova.edu
Laura L. Ramirez
North Miami Beach Branch Librarian
Nova Southeastern University
(800) 541-6682 ext. 8423
lucio@nova.edu
Rita Barsun
Walden University Liaison Librarian
Indiana University - Bloomington
(800) 437-0501, (812) 855-6058
rbarsun@waldenu.edu
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Rita Barsun, MAT, MLS
Walden University Liaison Librarian
rbarsun@waldenu.edu
800-437-0501, 812-855-6058
IU Main Library E-164
1320 E. Tenth St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-3907
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