Product Description

Exploring the Digital Library, a volume in The Jossey-Bass Online Teaching and Learning series, addresses the key issue of library services for faculty and their students in the online learning environment. Written by librarians at Athabasca University, a leading institution in distance education, this book shows how faculty can effectively use digital libraries in their day-to-day work and in the design of electronic courses. Exploring the Digital Library is filled with information, ideas, and

• Discusses how information and communication technologies are transforming scholarship communication
• Provides suggestions for integrating digital libraries into teaching and course development
• Describes approaches to promoting information literacy skills and integrating these skills across the curriculum
• Outlines the skills and knowledge required in digital library use
• Suggests opportunities for faculty and librarians to collaborate in the online educational environment

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #719543 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Review
"This book is a rare find! It speaks directly to university faculty--on their level and with their particular needs in mind--as they grapple with the ways that the digital revolution is transforming their research and teaching."
--Lisa M. Given, associate professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta

From the Back Cover
Exploring the Digital Library

The Internet, the World Wide Web, electronic publishing, and digital libraries have had a tremendous impact on teaching, learning and scholarship.

Exploring the Digital Library, a volume in the Jossey-Bass Guides to Online Teaching and Learning, addresses the key issue of library services for faculty and their students in the online learning environment. Written by librarians at Athabasca University, a leading institution in distance education, this book shows how faculty can effectively use digital libraries in their day-to-day work and in the design of electronic courses. Exploring the Digital Library is filled with information, ideas, and

• Discusses how information and communication technologies are transforming scholarship
• Provides suggestions for integrating digital libraries into teaching and course development
• Describes approaches to promoting information literacy skills and integrating these skills across the curriculum
• Outlines the skills and knowledge required in digital library use
• Suggests opportunities for faculty and librarians to collaborate in the online educational environment

The Jossey-Bass Guides to Online Teaching and Learning offer a set of concise practical resources focused on helping higher education practitioners meet the challenges of the online learning environment.

"This book is a rare find! It speaks directly to university faculty—on their level and with their particular needs in mind—as they grapple with the ways that the digital revolution is transforming their research and teaching."
—Lisa M. Given, associate professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta

About the Author
Kay Johnson is head of reference and circulation services, Library Services at Athabasca University.

Elaine Magusin is reference services librarian, Library Services at Athabasca University.

Customer Reviews

make an online community?
It is very understandable that the book should emanate from Athabasca University. By sheer geographic necessity, that uni would be acutely interested in distance learning, aka online teaching and learning. The book is directed towards librarians and academics in any field, who might be interested in promulgating their data and research to a potentially global audience.

The book makes clear that you do not have to be as physically isolated as Athabasca. Indeed, you could be in a megalopolis, but still face issues of data distribution.

Plus, you do not have to specialise or be an expert in computing to understand the book. The narrative deliberately minimises low level computing details, that are best left to people in that field.