Mar 01 2001
March 1, 2018 - vol. 2, no. 2 - ISSN 1532-0839
Welcome back to Info Career Trends, Lisjobs.com’s bi-monthly professional development newsletter. Today’s articles focus on distance education for librarians. Although much attention has been paid to how librarians can best support distance learners, less has been paid to how distance education [...]
Mar 01 2001
by Karen Novick
If you read the popular media, you know that much attention has been focused on distance education (DE) degree programs offered by a variety of universities and for-profit organizations. Much less coverage has been given, however, to another distance education activity that is having a significant impact on the [...]
Mar 01 2001
by Jane Pearlmutter
Electronic resources are becoming increasingly important to all types of libraries. How does this impact traditional library collections, and how do librarians keep up with the changes? In an online continuing education course, Jane Pearlmutter, faculty associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Library & Information Studies, [...]
Mar 01 2001
by M. Zoe Holbrooks
Today’s information professionals face high expectations from both clients and employers. In addition to our traditional job skills and responsibilities, we now also need technological savvy!
The employment landscape is changing. Budgetary belt-tightening, demographic shifts, and corporate consolidations have resulted in staff downsizing and job revisions. LIS training is [...]
Mar 01 2001
Note: Responses do not reflect all distance learning programs at Syracuse University, but only those offered at the School of Information Studies.
ICT: How has the distance learning program at Syracuse evolved since its inception?
DP: The School of Information Studies has been offering master’s degrees in a limited residency distance learning format [...]
Mar 01 2001
by Spring Lea Boehler
Living in rural Colorado, where the local college does not even offer an undergraduate degree in library science, made getting an MLS an insurmountable challenge… or would have, if not for the ever-increasing practice of distance education. When I started looking at schools, I was surprised to see [...]
Mar 01 2001
by Daniel Roland
Attaining a post-secondary education using non-traditional methods has long been a driving force in the innovative use of technology for adult learners. For the would-be student who does not have the option of leaving home, moving into a dorm room or graduate housing, attending classes twelve or more hours [...]
Mar 01 2001
Looking for classes or an LIS program? Start with ALA’s Directory of Accredited LIS Programs That Provide Distance Education Opportunities.
About.com’s Librarians and Library Science guide provides an article on distance education in the library environment, with examples of what different schools are doing.
Check out the LEEP program at UIUC as a [...]
Mar 01 2001
Bahr, Alice, ed. InPrint: Publishing Opportunities for College Librarians. Chicago: ACRL, 2001. Accessible online at http://acrl.telusys.net/epubs/inprint.html - ACRL members, $25, non- members, $35.
This e-book might more properly be described as a searchable and browsable database that contains information on a number of library- related journals. Each record notes whether the journal is [...]
Mar 01 2001
Eberhart, George M., comp. The Whole Library Handbook 3. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000.
This eclectic compendium of librariana will appeal to any librarian who revels in the serendipitous nature of our profession. Although some material remains unchanged from previous editions (notably a 1996 article on web graphics, which asserts that most [...]