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Slade, Alexander L.
The Second Canadian Off-Campus Library Services
Survey, 1988. Final Report.
Victoria Univ. (British Columbia)
Aug 88
116p.
Extension Library Services, University of Victoria,
Box 1800, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 3H5
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*Academic Libraries; Comparative Analysis; Data
Collection; *Distance Education; Foreign Countries;
Higher Education; *Information Needs; *Library Role;
*Library Services; Library Surveys; National Surveys;
Questionnaires
IDENTIFIERS
*Canada; Off Campus Students
ABSTRACT
This report involved a survey of 199 postsecondary
institutions in Canada to determine how many universities and
colleges provide some type of library support for their off-campus
and distance-education students; and to tabulate and compare the
types of library support provided by those institutions. The report
contains narrative, a series of 21 tables, and eight graphs depicting
the scope and details of the survey and survey results, including
responses to 15 specific questions dealing with library services
(core collections, specific requests, reference queries, special
telephone line, advertisement of services, librarian, support staff,
bibliographic instruction, automated literature search services,
interlibrary loans, charges for service, needs assessments,
evaluation, finances/funding, and curriculum development). A
comparison is made between these responses and those gathered from a
similar survey done in 1984 to determine whether the universities
that responded to the earlier survey had altered ti:c3ir services in
the intervening years. Also provided are descriptions of library
outreach services and the off-campus library services index, which is
designed to Indicate the level of off-campus library support provided
by the different institutions. A 10-page discussion of the outcomes
of the survey generates the principal conclusion that the issue of
library support for off-campus students is being taken seriously by
the majority of Canadian universities and colleges, although to
varying degrees.
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The Second Canadian
Off -Campus Library Services
Survey, 1988
FINAL REPORT
Prepared by
Alexander L. Slade
Coordinator of Extension Library Services
University of Victoria
Victoria, B.C., Canada
August, 1988
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THE SECOND CANADIAN OFFCAMPUS
LIBRARY SERVICES SURVEY, 1988
FINAL REPORT
Prepared by:
Alexander L. Slade
Coordinator of Extension Library Services
University of Victoria
Victoria, B.C.
August, 1988
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Copyright 1988 by the University of Victoria.
A joint project of the Division ci University Extension & Community
Relations and the University Library.
Copies of this report are available from:
Alexander L. Slade
Extension Library Services
University of Victoria
Box 1800
Victoria, B.C.
Canada
V8W 3H5
(604) 721-8221
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
List of Tables
ii
List of Graphs
iii
Acknowledgements
iv
Executive Summary
Introduction
1
Response Rate
3
The Questionnaire
5
Instructions for Respondents
6
OffCampus Program Size: Universities
7
OffCampus Program Size: Colleges
8
OffCampus Program Size: All Institutions
9
Responses to Specific Questions:
1.
Core Collections
10
2.
Specific Requests
14
3.
Reference Queries
17
4.
Special Telephone Line
20
5.
Advertisement of Services
20
6.
Librlrian
21
7.
Support Staff
22
8.
Bibliographic Instruction
23
9.
Automated Literature Search Services
24
10. Interlibrary Loans
25
11. Charges for Service
26
12. Needs Assessments
27
13. Evaluation
28
14. Finances/Funding
31
15. Curriculum Development
33
Summary of Survey Results
35
Survey Results by Province and Institution
41
Comparison of 1984 and 1988 Survey Results
48
Survey Results by Institutional Program Size
53
The OffCampus Library Services Index
62
Library Outreach Services
70
Discussion
75
References
85
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