Suzanne Livesey and Peter Wynne
Presents the main research findings of the HyLiFe Project in extending hybrid library services to students on courses franchised by the University of Central Lancashire. The…
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Presents the main research findings of the HyLiFe Project in extending hybrid library services to students on courses franchised by the University of Central Lancashire. The franchised student user profile is presented, and its characteristics compared and contrasted with that of the distance learner. A discussion of issues arising during implementation considers the importance of the empowerment of the user to successful take‐up of the service, as distinct from superficial promotion. This empowerment is held to consist in the incorporation of required service use into course instruction and assignments and physical availability of the service on demand. The paper concludes with a discussion of the lessons learned from the management strategies adopted during the research, including how collaboration between HyLiFe and pre‐existing service could have been improved.
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The author describes how the University of Central Lancashire has chosen to make electronic document delivery available to remote users in accordance with the requirements of the…
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The author describes how the University of Central Lancashire has chosen to make electronic document delivery available to remote users in accordance with the requirements of the European Commission research project BIBDEL. Details are given of the information technology resources deployed to offer this service and the difficulties experienced in doing so. The library management issues contingent on offering the service operationally are then explored; among which the current imprecision of copyright legislation is held to be the most important.
The authors locate the EQLIPSE Project in the context of the growing interest in the application of performance measurement and quality assurance techniques to libraries. The…
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The authors locate the EQLIPSE Project in the context of the growing interest in the application of performance measurement and quality assurance techniques to libraries. The EQLIPSE consortium is described, and the main works which informed the Project's design are enumerated. The six workpackages of the Project are outlined, followed by details of progress to date. Of the completed workpackages, the first resulted in a deliverable report defining user requirements. The output from the second was an initial functional specification for the EQLIPSE system. In the second phase of the Project a prototype system was developed and data collection procedures were defined. The prototype was tested in July 1996 and amended accordingly. EQLIPSE is to be one of four Projects in the EC Concerted Action CAMILE; the purpose and aims of which are described.
Peter M. Wynne, Geoff Butters and Peter Brophy
Describes the networking solutions used in the experimental extension of academic library services from the University of Central Lancashire to an agricultural college some 100km…
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Describes the networking solutions used in the experimental extension of academic library services from the University of Central Lancashire to an agricultural college some 100km distant, under the EC‐funded BIBDEL Project. Includes a detailed description of the functionality of each service. Summarizes the experimental findings of the research, in terms of cost, staff training needs, user training needs and liaison with external third parties. Considers the University of Central Lancashire’s retention and expansion of the extended service, on an operational footing, after the close of the experiment. Contrasts the functionalities of the operational services with those of the experiment.
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The Australian Minister for Social Security, Mr Peter Baldwin, launched the Community Information Network (CIN) in July. The CIN is aimed at bridging the gap between the…
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The Australian Minister for Social Security, Mr Peter Baldwin, launched the Community Information Network (CIN) in July. The CIN is aimed at bridging the gap between the information rich and the information poor in Australia.
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This paper reviews the needs of distance learners, and looks at ways in which the Internet can assist or obstruct service provision to off‐campus students. A hybrid approach is…
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This paper reviews the needs of distance learners, and looks at ways in which the Internet can assist or obstruct service provision to off‐campus students. A hybrid approach is recommended. The Internet's impact on the role of librarians involved in supporting distance learners is briefly discussed.
A delight and a curse of editing The Electronic Library is the sheer variety of topics covered, and the fact that we have no way of knowing what is coming in from our authors. TEL…
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A delight and a curse of editing The Electronic Library is the sheer variety of topics covered, and the fact that we have no way of knowing what is coming in from our authors. TEL is primarily an academic, information‐disseminating journal whose articles are for the most part unsolicited — while some features are requested or researched in‐house, for the bulk of our material we rely on submissions from authors who feel that their work is important and that they have something to say. We are now in our fourteenth year and so far they have never let us down.
To provide an overview and analysis of a major JISC‐funded document delivery project.
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Purpose
To provide an overview and analysis of a major JISC‐funded document delivery project.
Design/methodology/approach
The Docusend Project ran over a period of three‐and‐a‐half years. The article details how the original project plan was managed and how it was modified in the light of changes in the document delivery environment.
Findings
The findings from the project point to some of the issues likely to be faced in the design and implementation of a major document delivery system.
Research limitations/implications
Any future research in this area will benefit from this study, as it places the work of the project in the wider context of the many changes which are taking place in the document delivery environment.
Practical implications
The article will be useful to those thinking about how document delivery systems and services might be managed and to anyone contemplating the establishment of a new service.
Originality/value
The Docusend Project was one of the major initiatives looking at potential new patterns and services for document delivery in the UK.