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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 ...
Athabasca University Library Comes of Age - A Case Study of Planning for and Coping with Change
(1986)
A history of Athabasca University Library and how the department coped with a relocation from Edmonton to Athabasca, Alberta.
Profile of the Distance Education Library User
(4th Off-Campus Library Services Conference, 1988-10-20)
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 ...
Northern Alberta Library and Information Network (NORALINK): Challenges and Highlights of a Collaborative Initiative
(Seventh Off-Campus Library Services Conference, 1995-10-25)
The concept of the Northern Alberta Library and Information Network (NORALINK)emerged in early 1992, initiated by Athabasca University Library. NORALINK was a response of the Library to two situations. First, a response ...
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 ...
An Investigation of Student Use of the Supplementary Materials List
(5th Off-Campus Library Services Conference, 1991-10-30)
Collaborating on Electronic Course Reserves to Support Student Success
(Eleventh Off-Campus Library Services Conference, 2004-05-05)
As we move into an era in which an increasing amount of information is available in digital form and more universities and colleges are providing distance education courses, electronic course reserves are becoming an ...
Panel on Open Library, Scholarship and Learning at Athabasca University
(2010-10-22)
Tony Tin, founder of Athabasca University's digital content repository, AUSpace, discusses the organization of AUSpace, its benefits for open access support, researchers and organizations, and research findings of AUSpace ...