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The Pew Internet and American Life project, which surveyed over 2000 undergraduate
students at 27 colleges and universities, found that almost three-quarters
of college students prefer using the Internet for their research needs.
This trend, along with the increasing faculty adoption of course management
systems (courseware) to enhance traditional college classroom courses,
could marginalize the college and university libraries resources and services.
If we fail to establish our presence in courseware, libraries risk being
bypassed by this technology and losing relevance to students and faculty
alike. This session will examine how librarians can work to establish library
resources and services in courseware in order to increase our visibility,
and relevance with students, and strengthen our relationships with faculty.
Participants in this session will gain a deeper understanding of:
• The benefits courseware
offers for library services and instruction
• The Macro-Level
Library Courseware Involvement (MaLLCI) model, which entails working with
the developers
and programmers of courseware to integrate
a generic, global library presence into the software
• The Micro-Level
Library Courseware Involvement (MiLLCI) model, involves individual librarians
teaming
up with faculty to develop course specific customized
library instruction and resources.
• How to formulate
ideas and strategies for integrating library resources and services at their
local
campus
For more detailed information
see Shank, John and Nancy Dewald. "Establishing
Our Presence in Courseware: Adding Library Services to the Web-Assisted Classroom." Information
Technology and Libraries, March, 2003; 22(1): 38-43. Available online at this
site.
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