LIBRARY SERVICES FOR DISTANCE LEARNING:

THE FOURTH BIBLIOGRAPHY Alexander L. Slade ©2005 INTRODUCTION This website is a continuation of the three print bibliographies on library services for distance learning: Slade, Alexander L. and Marie A. Kascus. Library Services for Open and Distance Learning: The Third Annotated Bibliography. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000. ISBN 1-56308-745-6. Slade, Alexander L. and Marie A. Kascus. Library Services for Off-Campus and Distance Education: The Second Annotated Bibliography. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1996. ISBN 1-56308-465-1. Latham, Sheila, Alexander L. Slade, and Carol Budnick. Library Services for Off-Campus and Distance Education: An Annotated Bibliography. Ottawa: Canadian Library Association; London: Library Association Publishing Limited; Chicago: American Library Association, 1991. ISBN 0-88802-257-3. Due to time and workload considerations, there will be no further bibliographies in print form by these authors. However, this website will be maintained to provide access to publications and other resources that have appeared since the third bibliography was published. Citations have been grouped into chapters similar to those used in the third bibliography. Each citation has an abstract. However, access to the citations is more limited than in the previous works. There are no institution and geographic indexes and the subject index is very selective. To partially compensate for this, many references appear in two or more chapters for broader access. To further facilitate access, all works containing descriptions of services or initiatives at specific institutions have been included in Chapter 11 (Library Case Studies). This chapter can serve as both a country index and an institutional index. Chapters 9 (Library Surveys) and 10 (User Studies) are also organized by country and provide geographical access to the various research studies. The inclusion criteria for new material is narrower than before. In the previous bibliographies, some general material was included on virtual libraries, virtual reference services, electronic reserves, web-based instruction, and remote access to electronic resources. Most citations on this website pertain specifically to library services for distance learning. The site will be updated as new references become available. Users are invited to check back periodically to see what new citations have been added. Alexander (Sandy) Slade Executive Director Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) Victoria, BC Canada email: als@uvic.ca Back to Table of Contents Top of Page For more information, contact: Sandy Slade als@uvic.ca Page updated: June 12, 2005