All Users Are Local: Bringing the Library Next Door to the Campus Worldwide

An ACRL Online Seminar
June 2-21, 2008

Registration is now closed.

Course Description:
This seminar will provide you with the information you need to design a plan for library support of distance education at your institution. The seminar will cover administrative issues, services/resources, and how your home page can be developed to support your distance education program.

All Users Are Local is a primarily asynchronous seminar, allowing participants to work through course material at times convenient to them throughout the week. A threaded discussion topic will be scheduled for each week of the course.  Participants may also choose to schedule live chats with one another or with instructors as they feel necessary. Specific material and activities are expected to be covered during each week of the course.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this seminar, you will:

• Complete an institutional self-assessment on current involvement and future plans for distant education
• Assess current library support and set future goals
• Identify staff and funding needs and sources for future support
• Identify current and possible future features of a library's Web site for faculty, students, and staff at distant locations
• Analyze administrative, design, and content issues with regard to their impact on the library's Web site

Intended Audience:
Library directors and department heads responsible for library support of established distant education programs or at institutions in the process of developing distant education programs.

Instructors:
Ellen Eliceiri, Head of Reference & Public Services, Emerson Library, Webster University
Laura Rein, Library Dean, Emerson Library, Webster University

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Course Requirements:
Your participation will require approximately one to three hours per week to:

• Read the online seminar material
• Post to online discussin boards 
• Complete online exercises, which will result in a planning document
• Complete a seminar evaluation form

Registration
ACRL member: $135
ALA member: $175
Nonmember: $195
Student: $60

Registration is now closed.

Member rates apply to personal memberships only. Want to join ACRL or ALA? Complete the online membership form, available on the ALA Web site. If you join ALA/ACRL within five days of registering, we will adjust your fee (please fax a copy of your completed registration form to ACRL at 312-280-2520).

Payment may be made by credit card or purchase order (PO) only.
If paying by PO, the PO number is required at the time of registration.

Class size is limited to 60 participants. Full refunds will be granted up to 14 days prior to the start of the seminar.