Exploring the Digital Library: A Guide for Online Teaching and Learning Paperback - 2005 - 1st Edition
by Johnson, Kay
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- Title Exploring the Digital Library: A Guide for Online Teaching and Learning
- Author Johnson, Kay
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons
- Date 2005-07-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 078797627X.G
- ISBN 9780787976279 / 078797627X
- Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 9.22 x 7.12 x 0.52 in (23.42 x 18.08 x 1.32 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Academic libraries - Relations with faculty, Information literacy - Study and teaching
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005009301
- Dewey Decimal Code 025.002
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From the rear cover
Exploring the Digital Library
The Internet, the World Wide Web, electronic publishing, and digital libraries have had a tremendous impact on teaching, learning and scholarship.
Exploring the Digital Library, a volume in the Jossey-Bass Guides to Online Teaching and Learning, addresses the key issue of library services for faculty and their students in the online learning environment. Written by librarians at Athabasca University, a leading institution in distance education, this book shows how faculty can effectively use digital libraries in their day-to-day work and in the design of electronic courses. Exploring the Digital Library is filled with information, ideas, and
- Discusses how information and communication technologies are transforming scholarship
- Provides suggestions for integrating digital libraries into teaching and course development
- Describes approaches to promoting information literacy skills and integrating these skills across the curriculum
- Outlines the skills and knowledge required in digital library use
- Suggests opportunities for faculty and librarians to collaborate in the online educational environment
The Jossey-Bass Guides to Online Teaching and Learning offer a set of concise practical resources focused on helping higher education practitioners meet the challenges of the online learning environment.
"This book is a rare find! It speaks directly to university faculty--on their level and with their particular needs in mind--as they grapple with the ways that the digital revolution is transforming their research and teaching."
--LISA M. GIVEN, associate professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta
