V. Educational Support Services
5.1.7 Distance Learning
5.1.7 Library/Learning Resources for Distance Learning Activities
Presentation of Findings
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Library Support of
Distance Learning
The Library provides information resources and services to support Old Dominion
University’s distance-learning programs through the Library’s Web site at
http://www.lib.odu.edu. In addition to the electronic databases and resources purchased
by the Library, students and faculty have access to electronic databases, indexes and
abstracts, reference sources, and full-text journals and resources through the Virtual
Library of Virginia (VIVA). From the Library’s Web site, users can search library
holdings in the catalog and borrow materials from the Library’s collection and from other
libraries by submitting an electronic interlibrary loan request. Document delivery is
available to distance learners and faculty through Ingenta Document Delivery, a
commercial database of current article information. Reserve materials are provided either
by electronic reserves or with print copies available at distance-learning sites.
Instruction services for distance learners include self-paced Web-based tutorials designed
to build lifelong information skills, on-line guides to library and Web resources, “How
To” guides, and a series of Web pages to help them search for and obtain materials.
Librarians teach televised class sessions, participate in televised orientation sessions
(Monarch Moments), and create self-paced institutional tutorials accessible from the
Library’s Web site.
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Access to
Electronic
Information
Distance learners have access to the Library’s Web site at the site library, in computer
labs, in site directors' offices, and at home.
On-line services and resources available from the Library’s Web site include information
resources, interlibrary loan and document delivery services, ODU databases, VIVA
databases, the Library’s on-line catalog, electronic databases, library research and
instructional materials, instructional tutorials, library guides, and a selection of digitized
primary sources. The Library also provides telephone and e-mail reference services.
Materials from the Library’s collection can be requested through Interlibrary Loan
Services using electronic request forms from the Library’s Web site. Access to on-line
databases and full-text journals is restricted to students, faculty, and staff by use of a
standard proxy server. Electronic reserves and selected electronic journals require an
end user to log in using a Campus ID number and password. The Library is using a
product called Ezproxy, which provides the same remote availability, access restriction,
and login information and does not require end-users to reconfigure their computers, nor
limit access to select Internet browsers.
Materials from the Library’s collection and from interlibrary loan are also delivered by
courier to the Higher Education Centers, by UPS, or by electronic delivery methods to
remote sites using Ariel transmission, Prospero software, or fax.
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The Associate University Librarian and the Distance Learning Committee are responsible
for providing distance-learning library services and information resources.
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Through the Library’s Distance Learning Committee, in place since 1993, the Library
uses an integrated approach to providing distance-learning library services and resources.
The committee includes representation from across the Library. Current committee
membership includes the department heads from Reference and Research Services and
Access Services, the Instructional Services Librarian/Distance Learning Coordinator, the
Virginia Beach Librarian, the Interlibrary Loan Librarian, the Collection Development
Officer, the Acquisition and Preservation Librarian, the Education Reference Librarian,
the Interlibrary Loan Library Assistant, the Systems Librarian, and the Associate
University Librarian.
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Access to
Library/Learning
Resources and
Services
The Old Dominion University Memorandum of Understanding ensures that library
services and resources are available through the site library, the Virtual Library of
Virginia, and Old Dominion University Libraries.
Old Dominion University provides computer access to information services and resources
through the distance-learning site libraries, site computer labs, and the site director’s
office.
Conclusion
The University is in compliance with the SACS/COC Criteria.
Recommendations/Suggestions
None
Must Statement Compliance Table
5.1.7 Library/Learning Resources for Distance Learning Activities
Must Statement
Compliance
Supporting Documentation
Exhibit Numbering Key:
Statement
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For distance learning activities, an
institution must ensure the
provision of and ready access to
adequate library/learning resources
and services to support the courses,
programs, and degrees offered.
Compliance
Criteria#/MustStatement#:Exhibit
5.1.7/01:01 Old Dominion University
Libraries Home Page http://www.lib.odu.edu
5.1.7/01:02 Old Dominion University
Libraries
Information Resources
http://www.lib.odu.edu/resources
5.1.7/01:03 Old Dominion University
Libraries
Library Services
http://www.lib.odu.edu/services
5.1.7/01:04 Old Dominion University
Libraries
Research Assistance (Instruction)
http://www.lib.odu.edu/research/
5.1.7/01:05 Old Dominion University
Libraries
Distance Learning Services
http://www.lib.odu.edu/services/disted/
5.1.7/01:06 The Virtual Library of Virginia
http://www.viva.lib.va.us/
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5.1.7/01:07 SACS Substantive Review
Distance Learning Library Services, October
1998
5.1.7/01:08 Old Dominion University Library
Distance Learning Program Reviews: 19931995
5.1.7/01:09 Old Dominion University Library
Distance Learning Program Reviews: 1995/96
5.1.7/01:10 Old Dominion University Library
Distance Learning Program Reviews: 1996/97
5.1.7/01:11 Old Dominion University Library
Distance Learning Program Reviews: 1997/98
5.1.7/01:12 Old Dominion University Library
Distance Learning Program Reviews: 1998/99
5.1.7/01:13 Old Dominion University Library
Distance Learning Program Reviews: 1999/00
5.1.7/01:14 Old Dominion University Library
Distance Learning Program Reviews 2000/01
5.1.7/01:15 SACS Criteria Correlation with
Old Dominion Senior Student Satisfaction and
Distance Learning Program Surveys, 19952000 (in percentages), page 10
5.1.7/01:16 Assessment of TELETECHNET:
Results of the Distance Learning Program
Student Satisfaction Survey for 1997-1998
and 1998-1999
5.1.7/01:17 URLs Related to Library
Services and Resources for Distance Learning
5.1.7/01:18 Promotion of Library Services to
Distance Learners
5.1.7/01:19 What’s Happening with Library
Instruction in Distance Learning at ODU
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The institution must own the library
/learning resources, provide access
to electronic information available
through existing technologies, or
provide them through formal
agreements.
Compliance
5.1.7/02:01 Old Dominion University
Libraries Home Page
http://www.lib.odu.edu
5.1.7/02:02 Old Dominion University
Libraries Information Resources
http://www.lib.odu.edu/resources
5.1.7/02:03 The Virtual Library of Virginia
http://www.viva.lib.va
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The institution must assign
responsibility for providing
library/learning resources and
services and for ensuring continued
access to them at each site.
5.1.7/03:01 Directory of Old Dominion
University Distance Education Contacts
http://web.odu.edu/ao/affairs/catalogs/fachan/univ_serv/life_learning.htm
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When formal agreements are
established for the provision of
library resources and services, they
must ensure access to library
resources pertinent to the programs
offered by the institution and
include provision for services and
resources which support the
institution’s specific programs – in
the field of study and at the degree
level offered.
5.1.7/04:01 VIVA Home Page
http://www.viva.lib.va.us/
5.1.7/04:02 VIVA Documentation
http://www.gmu.edu/library/fen/viva/org9812.
html
5.1.7/04:03 University Library Distance
Learning
Committee Mission Statement
http://www.lib.odu.edu/services/disted/
5.1.7/04:04 Library Distance Learning
Handbooks
DE Library Faculty Handbook
http://www.lib.odu.edu/services/disted/defach
bk.shtml
Library Handbook for TELETECHNET
Site Directors
http://www.lib.odu.edu/services/disted/sitepg.
shtml
5.1.7/04:05 Uniform Site Agreement for
TELETECHNET between Old Dominion
University and Olympic College
5.1.7/04:06 Memorandum of Agreement
between Old Dominion University and
Virginia Community College System
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