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80 Miles from the Nearest Library with a Research Paper Due Monday!. Extending Library Services to Distance Learners. Allyson Washburn Jessica Draper Harold B. Lee Library Center for Instructional Design Brigham Young University Brigham Young University.
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80 Miles from the Nearest Library with a Research Paper Due Monday! Extending Library Services to Distance Learners Allyson Washburn Jessica Draper Harold B. Lee Library Center for Instructional Design Brigham Young University Brigham Young University
Project Introduction • Institutional background • Doctoral Extensive University • 11 colleges • 287 degrees • 30,000 students • Independent Study Courses • 369 courses • 26,751 enrollments 11th Off-Campus Library Services Conference
Project Idea • Suzanne • No library resources in IS courses • How to remedy • Funding • Sirsi Grant • Pilot 11th Off-Campus Library Services Conference
Planning and Building the Project • Planning • Planning and tracking method • Project team • Buy-in from stakeholders • Task definition and assignment • Timeline • Progress reports • Building • Delivery mechanism • Design and construction of portal • Resource selection and incorporation • Portal integration in courses • Assessment methods 11th Off-Campus Library Services Conference
Portal Publicity • Students • Collaborative effort with IS marketing team • http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/index.dhtm • Additional marketing actions • Faculty • English department faculty meeting • Individual faculty meetings 11th Off-Campus Library Services Conference
A Look at the Portal 11th Off-Campus Library Services Conference
ProjectEvaluation • Methods • Feedback link • Authentication data • Surveys • What we learned • General findings • Specific findings 11th Off-Campus Library Services Conference
What’s Next? • Faculty Survey • Quality of assignments • Portal integration in course revisions • Upgrading and minor redesign of portal • Adding subject librarian pictures to contact information • Renaming sections • Adding instruction tutorials • Increasing number of databases available • Enhancing statistical reporting tool 11th Off-Campus Library Services Conference
What’s Next - 2 • Planning for Phase 2 • Close out current project • Issues for phase 2 • How many courses can we do per year? • How do we decide which courses are next? • How will we handle updates to portal (new databases)? • How will federated searching affect the portal? • How can we better publicize the portal to both students and faculty? 11th Off-Campus Library Services Conference