Library Support

• ACRL Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services
  The Distance Learning Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries publishes its guidelines. Included are statements on definition, philosophy, resources, services and other key areas. "Ed. note: This edition of the guidelines reflects a greater emphasis on outcomes assessment and was approved by the ACRL Board of Directors and the ALA Standards Committee in fall 2000."
• CLA Guidelines for Library Support of Distance and Distributed Learning in Canada
  This postion statement from the Canadian Library Association was approved by Executive Council in February, 1993 and revised on November 24, 2000. "The purpose of the guidelines is to emphasize the importance of planning and delivering effective library services to support Canadian distance and distributed learning programs."
• D-Lib Magazine
  D-Lib Magazine is a solely electronic publication with a primary focus on digital library research and development, including but not limited to new technologies, applications, and contextual social and economic issues. The primary goal of the magazine is timely and efficient information exchange for the digital library community. A convenient Title Index provides access to stories, briefings, and editorials in back issues.
• Distance Learning Section
  Association of College and Research Libraries and the American Library Association sponsors the Distance Learning Section. Provided are links to guidelines, statistics, survey results as well as additional resources and references.
• Essential Library Support for Distance Education
  From the Medical Library Association, this MLA Position Statement asks the question: How are comparable library services achieved in a distance education environment?" Prepared May 2002 by Logan Ludwig, Ph.D., Chair, MLA Governmental Relations Committee, and Associate Dean, Library and Telehealth Services, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois.
• Library Services for Distance Learning: The Fourth Bibliography
  Compiled by Alexander L. Slade, Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) Victoria, BC Canada. 2002. This Web site is a continuation of the three print bibliographies on library services for distance learning and includes links to resources grouped in categories such as Bibliographies and Literature Reviews, Role of Libraries in Distance, Open and Lifelong Learning, Library Surveys, Library Case Studies, etc. Some categories are then subcategorized by country.
• Library Support for Distance Learning
  The purpose of this site is to provide an informational resource for librarians interested in the many issues of library support for distance learners. By Bernie Sloan, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Resources for Distance Learning Library Services
  This information for librarians has been collected by Cynthia Wright Swaine of Old Dominion University Libraries. It identifies resources in several sections, including various library assocations' guidelines, links to sample library Web sites for distance learning, and selected readings and publications.
• Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
  This selective bibliography presents thousands articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. A resource section offers additional information in areas such as Cataloging, Identifiers, Linking, and Metadata, Digital Libraries, Electronic Books and Texts and many others.
• Virtual Reference: Topics and Trends
  From the OCLC.org Community, the current topic under discussion is Virtual Reference. Share opinions, experiences and questions during March and April, 2004. Leading reference librarians from around the U.S. will respond to messages posted to the virtual reference discussion forum. Various guests will moderate. Links to other resources and references are also provided for after the discussion period.