Exploring the Digital Library: A Guide for Online Teaching and Learning (Jossey-Bass Guides to Online Teaching and Learning Book 28)

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

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"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 INSIDE FLAP
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

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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 the head of Reference and Circulation Services at Athabasca University, where she has been actively involved in the development of the digital library, and consultant to the Digital Reading Room.

Elaine Magusin is a Reference Services Librarian at Athabasca, and also serves as a consultant on the Digital Reading Room project.



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