Learning from Distance Faculty: A Faculty Needs Assessment at the University of Wyoming

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Instruction on the Go: Reaching Out to Students from the Academic Library

“…Whether study participants were taking webinars with the library or other providers, instruction techniques like demonstrations, live chat, polling, screensharing, blogging, video blogging (vlogging) and other interactive practices were the most popular. Other ideas that could be incorporated might be audio podcasts or video vodcasts for asynchronous classes, a menu of courses for library users to choose from like YouTube, Vevo, or Hulu, a librarian embedded into full credit-bearing online courses to aid students with classwork, and library orientation via webinars (Kvenild and Bowles-Terry, 2011). There are many online tools that can enhance an instructor's online courses and new ones are being created and released every month.…”

Assessing Demographics and Needs of Online Students before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Academic Libraries

“…Qualitative studies that interview distance students shed light on a variety of important lessons for academic libraries: the importance of easy navigation of library resources, an uncomplicated library website, the importance of the learning management system (LMS) for interaction and resources, and getting consistent and clear communication from the library (Hill & Patterson, 2013;Lewis & Contrino, 2016;Paladino et al, 2017;Wharton, 2017). Surveys are also another technique for assessing the needs of online students, and can provide similar findings to interviewing this population in terms of the importance of patrons being able to easily and efficiently access library services and resources (Harlow & Hill, 2020;Ismail, 2016;Kvenild & Bowles-Terry, 2011;Maddox & Stanfield, 2019;Skarl & Bosque, 2019;Sterling et al, 2017). Overall, the literature shows the need to continue assessing the research demands of virtual students, particularly to see if the COVID-19 global pandemic has influenced or changed how they interact and view the library and to build off the emerging research (Cole & Raish, 2020;Dempsey & Heil, 2021;Ezell, 2021;Nowicki, 2020;Oladipo & Okiki, 2020;Peuler & Coltrain, 2020;Wheeler & Kyprianou-Chavda, 2021;Ziegenfuss, 2020).…”

Improving Library Services to Satellite Campuses: A Follow-Up Study at the University of Lethbridge

“…For a number of years it has been in the author's assignment of duties to liaise with the northern campuses and to that end, inspired by a similar survey done in the United States (Kvenild & Bowles-Terry, 2011), a survey was conducted in the fall of 2011 (Eva, 2012). Good responses and insightful comments were received from that survey which would suggest that indeed the anecdotal evidence and assumptions were correct.…”

“…The study here was based on the 2011 survey conducted by Eva (2012), at which point a literature review was conducted. The 2011 survey was itself modeled on a survey conducted by librarians at the University of Wyoming (Kvenild & Bowles-Terry, 2011). In 2011 it was discovered that while many studies have been conducted investigating distance learning methods, assessments, outcomes, and student perspectives, very few have focused on instructors and their needs.…”