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Contribution of AU's e-Lab initiative to Open Access and OER Development
(2012-10-26)
All universities have labs where research and teaching are conducted, where the physical tools of research and teaching are stored, where people get together to talk about their work and their ideas, and where the results ...
Libraries Providing Learner Support: The Collaboration Connection
(University of Wisconsin Madison, 2007)
Collaboration is an essential component in providing learner support in the distance learning environment. It can be found in many different guises in academe, and may involve faculty, staff and librarians. This paper ...
Open Educational Resources
(2009-11-02)
The production, licensing, use and re-use of learning objects accessible through open access distribution will be the focus of this presentation. Noted author and scholar Dr. Rory McGreal will share his knowledge of the ...
Open Access Archives and Repositories
(2009-10-23)
Governments and research funding organizations are increasingly reluctant to fund research that is not widely distributed and affordable, creating the need for repositories through which scholars can legally distribute ...
The Open Access Scholar
(2009-10-20)
The review, publication and interaction associated with open access dissemination of research is the focus of this presentation, featuring Dr. Terry Anderson, editor of the open access journal The International Review of ...
Open Access Research Opportunities and Strategies
(2009-10-20)
Much remains to be discovered in relation to the technology, economy, politics and psychology of effectively producing and using open access content. Patrick McAndrew and Candice Thiele are co-directing OLnet, an international ...
Open Access Publication
(2009-10-22)
Publication models for scholarly monographs, featuring the pioneering work of Athabasca University Press, Canada’s first open access press. Dr. Frits Pannekoek, president of Athabasca University, will discuss the vision ...
Canadian Library Association Presentation 2010, Further Resources
(2010-06-01)
This is a bibliography of further resources for our CLA presentation, 2010
Student Satisfaction with Library Services: Results of Evaluation Using Focus Groups
(Eighth Off-Campus Library Services Conference, 1998-04-22)
This paper presents the findings of focus group survey of Athabasca University students. Using teleconference, three sessions with students across Canada were conducted. Students report a high level of statisfaction with ...
Library Catalogs, the World Wide Web, and Serving the Off-Campus User: Boon or Bust?
(Eighth Off-Campus Library Services Conference, 1998-04-22)
The purpose of this paper is to outline some ways in which library catalogs can be enriched to meet the needs of the off-site searcher, and to suggest some ways in which an off-campus library services librarian can work ...