UW-System's
Teaching with Technology Today
Special Theme Issue: Academic Libraries and Electronic Resources
Vol. 7, No. 1: September 15, 2000
Features:
Increasing Access and Managing Challenges: UW-Madison Librarians Discuss Academic Libraries Today by Jennifer Smith, TTT Editor. A discussion of the critical issues facing academic libraries. Today's librarians must be tech-savvy risk-takers, using new technologies to expand and manage services in a world on the verge of information overload. Read about round-the-clock service via electronic access, personalized portal websites for users, new trends in scholarly publishing, and the development and publishing environment librarians now work in.
Educating Librarians for the New Academic Library by Louise Robbins, Director, School of Library and Information Studies, UW-Madison. It is a certainty that the technology explosion of the last few decades has changed the academic library environment significantly, and, with it, the duties and skills of librarians. How do library schools keep up with the pace of innovation? Louise Robbins provides one answer to this question with a vision for her school's future.
Anticipate or Accommodate: Library Assistive Technology by Lelah Lugo, Electronic Resource Access/Reference Librarian, Library Learning Center, UW-Stout. Equal access to education for persons with disabilities is a top concern facing colleges and universities today. But what special concerns are raised in the area of library services? Lelah Lugo answers, emphasizing the need for libraries to not merely provide assistive facilities, but back them up with effective outreach and training. Don't miss Lugo's resource section on accessibility and libraries!
Developing Library Services for the Distance Education Student by Cleo J. Powers, Circulation and Center for Reserve and Instructional Media Center Librarian, and Jill S. Markgraf, Distance Education and Reference Librarian, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. DE students, like all students, depend on library resources to complete their educations. But how can libraries deliver services to students who may never be able to physically visit them? Powers and Markgraf discuss how to provide high-quality resources to off-site students.
Incorporating Technology into Academic Libraries: New Developments on the Madison Campus by Nolan Pope, Associate Director for Technology, General Library System, UW-Madison. Highlights of some of the recent technological developments at UW-Madison campus libraries. Read about new scholarly websites developed by professors and library staff, greater cooperation among academic libraries, and some of the technical issues that arise in providing services.
Web-based and Traditional Instruction: A Systematic Study of Student and Instructor Perceptions from a Graduate MLIS Program by Elizabeth Buchanan, Malore Brown, Jean Casanova, Dietmar Wolfram, and Hong Xie, School of Library and Information Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Are there significant differences in the outcomes of graduate courses taught in the classroom and online? Buchanan and her colleagues at UW-Milwaukee provide a summary of their recent research in this area, funded by a UW System Curricular Redesign Grant.