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ONLINE LIBRARY SERVICES
BEST PRACTICE
- 1st Edition - July 1, 2026
- Author: Sandra Tury
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 0 0 0 6 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 0 0 0 7 - 3
The recent Covid-19 pandemic has hugely accelerated the adoption and delivery of distance and online learning programmes at all levels. This has been hugely challenging for many… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe recent Covid-19 pandemic has hugely accelerated the adoption and delivery of distance and online learning programmes at all levels. This has been hugely challenging for many universities as they build expertise and identify the resources needed to make this unprecedented move. However, there are currently no guidelines for distance and online library provision; “Distance Online Library Services” provides advice to all those who are faced with the challenges of building and maintaining a service and those responsible for funding and quality assurance of the services. The book explores the key aspects of developing and maintaining an effective and cost-efficient distance online library service which is evidence-based and backed by current research.
• Explains to readers how to establish distance learners’ unique information and learning
needs, and to curate collections which are tailored to those needs.
• Discusses the huge cost implications associated with electronic resources and e-books
collections, i.e. getting value for money.
• Shows how to develop and maintain an evidence-based service, robust ICT (information
and communication technology) infrastructure, and students’ information literacy skills
using student feedback and analysis of service use.
needs, and to curate collections which are tailored to those needs.
• Discusses the huge cost implications associated with electronic resources and e-books
collections, i.e. getting value for money.
• Shows how to develop and maintain an evidence-based service, robust ICT (information
and communication technology) infrastructure, and students’ information literacy skills
using student feedback and analysis of service use.
Distance learning librarians; distance library administrators; educators responsible for the planning and delivery of distance and online learning courses/programmes, including faculty and instructional designers; and distance and online learning curriculum authors
1. Introduction to distance and online learning pedagogy
2. Establishing distance Learners’ needs and information seeking behaviour
3. Building an effective virtual reference service
4. Building collections which meet distance learners’ needs and support information
seeking behaviour
5. Managing distance and online library resources.
6. The fundamental role of faculty engagement
7. Supporting and developing distance learners’ information literacy skills
8. Building a robust online library ICT Infrastructure
9. Using data and feedback to assess the effectiveness of the online
10. Conclusion
2. Establishing distance Learners’ needs and information seeking behaviour
3. Building an effective virtual reference service
4. Building collections which meet distance learners’ needs and support information
seeking behaviour
5. Managing distance and online library resources.
6. The fundamental role of faculty engagement
7. Supporting and developing distance learners’ information literacy skills
8. Building a robust online library ICT Infrastructure
9. Using data and feedback to assess the effectiveness of the online
10. Conclusion
- No. of pages: 200
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 1, 2026
- Imprint: Chandos Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443300066
- eBook ISBN: 9780443300073
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Sandra Tury
Sandra Tury holds a Doctorate in Information Science from City University of London, UK. Currently, she is the Associate Director of Online Library Services at the University of London, Senate House, where she has been responsible since 2005 for developing and managing an Online Library Service to support the needs of the University of London’s 50,000 Distance Learning students and faculty from over 180 countries of the world. Sandra has extensive experience of managing and developing resources to support teaching, learning and research, with particular strengths in distance library services, e-resources, library management systems, resources discovery tools and authentication systems.