A Basic Hybrid Library Support Model to Distance Learners in Sudan

Autor/in	Abdelrahman, Omer Hassan
Titel	A Basic Hybrid Library Support Model to Distance Learners in Sudan
Quelle	In: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 44 (2012) 1, S.19-26 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0961-0006
DOI	10.1177/0961000611424587
Schlagwörter	Distance Education; Interviews; Research Libraries; Electronic Libraries; Foreign Countries; Information Services; Colleges; Higher Education; Off Campus Facilities; Access to Information; Information Technology; Data Collection; Models; Sudan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Digitale Bibliothek; Elektronische Bibliothek; Ausland; Informationstätigkeit; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Informationstechnologie; Data capture; Datensammlung; Analogiemodell
Abstract	Distance learning has flourished in Sudan during the last two decades; more and more higher education institutions offer distance learning programmes to off-campus students. Like on-campus students, distance learners should have access to appropriate library and information support services. They also have specific needs for library and information support services as a result of their distance from their university libraries. Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) and digital libraries have contributed positively in bridging the information gap for distance learners. This study investigates the library and information services support available to distance learners in Sudan. Structured interviews are employed for data collection. The findings reveal that distance learners in Sudan have very little library support available to them. In the light of these findings, a hybrid library support model is proposed based on other existing models of conventional and virtual support to distance learners around the world, arrived at through literature review and tailored to suit the distance learning situation in Sudan. (Contains 2 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10