VINE: Volume 31 Issue 1

Learning and teaching ‐ the librarian’s contribution: an introduction

Peter Godwin

Librarians are key players in facilitating student learning in higher education. This has always been true, but recent trends in student behaviour and technological change have…

Enhancing ICT skills: the how, who and when ‐ illustrations from the JUBILEE project

Pat Gannon‐Leary, Linda Banwell, Sue Childs

This article reports on findings from the first cycle of the three year JUBILEE (JISC User Behaviour in Information‐seeking: Longitudinal Evaluation of EIS) project, being…

Key skills through collaboration: a Library and Information Services and Business, Management and Leisure partnership

Karen Hilliger, Sue Roberts

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills are crucial to the development of graduate skills and employability. This paper will explore the research undertaken at Edge…

From virtuos to virtual: the collaborative development of information skills at the University of Hull

David Pennie, Katy Barnett, Paul Chin, Ian Dolphin

This article summarises the development of information skills teaching for undergraduates and postgraduates at the University of Hull, including the move to accredited modules…

From trainees to backers and agents: a programme of electronic information searching skills training for academic staff in health care

Hazel Rothera

A programme of electronic information search training for health care academics was carried out at Dorset House Library, Oxford Brookes University, in summer 2000. Academic staff…

‘Liberating’ user education: developing a Web‐based teaching & learning package at University College Northampton

Chris Powis, Georgina Payne

This article describes the development and application of a Web‐based teaching & learning package, Liberation, by Learning Resources at University College Northampton. Rather than…

Enhancing teaching and learning at UCL: the Access to Core Course Materials Project and the Key Skills Web Development Project

Jane Secker, Claire McAvinia

Reports on two projects at University College London (UCL) involving collaboration between information specialists and academic departments to support the university’s Learning…

Electronic information delivery: joint working at UCE

Sarah Rudge, Isobel Wilson

The increasing availability of electronic information is changing the role of the librarian and information professional. This article examines how joint working between the…

New standards or old? An issue for teachers supporting distance learners

David Kennedy

The relative recency of online, networked distance education poses a question for teachers: Do the standards that were developed for the delivery of classroom‐based education…

Meeting the information needs of distance learners ‐ the Open University’s response

Alison Bremner

Distance learning is becoming an accepted means of study for many UK undergraduate and postgraduate students. Librarians now face the challenge of delivering library services to…

Chat to a librarian: 21st century reference for distance learners

Danielle Hinton, Lou McGill

The University of Leicester Library’s Distance Learning Unit identified Internet Chat software as an exciting new option to support their enquiry service for distance learning…

Access to distributed learning material: the EASEL solution

Paul Sandford, Aida Slavic, Andrew Cox

This paper starts with an overview of why and how online learning material is being reused. This sets the context for a detailed description of EASEL (Educator Access to Services…