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Atuase, Diana; Maluleka, Jan – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2023
The purpose of the study was to address gaps in the use of library information resources and services among distance learners. The study followed a pragmatic paradigm and employed a mixed-method research approach with a sequential explanatory design. A questionnaire was used to elicit information from 1,170 s-year distance learning students in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Library Services
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Abid Hussain; Muhammad Ismail – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2024
This study examines the factors influencing the adoption of mobile services, their advantages, and the barriers academic librarians face in Islamabad, Pakistan. The study used survey method of research using quantitative approach. After an extensive literature review, a structured questionnaire was developed to collect data from academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Barriers
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Adetayo, Adebowale Jeremy; Komolafe, Ranmilowo Saidat; Olalere, Julie Owansuan – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2022
This study sought to examine the relationship between virtual learning and library usage among students in Adeleke University. A total enumeration technique was adopted for sampling. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Of the 903 participants surveyed, 75.3% always attended the virtual lecture. 30.7% use the library…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Libraries, Library Instruction
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Mubofu, Christian; Malekani, Andrew – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2022
The purpose of this paper is to explore the accessibility of library resources and support services by distance learners at the Open University of Tanzania (OUT). The study utilized a survey approach in soliciting information from distance learners. A total of 33 learners from OUT responded to the survey. The study revealed that OUT offered…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Library Materials, Library Services, Distance Education
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Wheeler, Alex; Kyprianou-Chavda, Voula – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2021
This article explores the response of the Science and Engineering Library team at Manchester Metropolitan University to the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines how the team's experience supporting distance-learning programmes acted as both a dress rehearsal and a road map for Library provision during the pandemic. In particular, the changing role of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Research Libraries
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Borteye, Edward Mensah; Lamptey, Richard Bruce; Humphrey-Ackumey, Setsoafia Afetsi Yao; Owusu-Ansah, Anna A. – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2022
Off-campus access provides seamless and reliable access to licensed resources of libraries to multiple users, anywhere and anytime simultanously. Using a purposive sampling design, one hundred and forty-two postgraduate students were selected during information literacy training sessions to participate in this study. This study used a structured…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Services
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Dube, Tinyiko Vivian – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2021
This article aims to present the Open Distance eLearning library processes for requesting information resources using the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC). OPAC is known as a platform used by library clients to check the availability of information resources from the entire library collection. ODeL libraries also use the OPAC, not as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Services
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Dube, Tinyiko Vivian – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2022
This paper identified the training strategies for distance education academic libraries that could improve remote clients' access to information resources during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The positivism research paradigm anchored this study and employed a quantitative approach. Eighty-two (82) online questionnaire was sent…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Library Personnel
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Papachristopoulos, Leonidas; Athanasopoulou, Akrivi; Giannopoulou, Aggeliki; Hadjinicolaou, Maria – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2023
The Library and Information Center (LIC) of Patras' University and the Hellenic Open University Distance Library and Information Center constitute two academic libraries that serve two different academic institutions types. By the time of the first phase of the outbreak (spring 2019) they attempted to respond multidimensionally to the emerging…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Library Services, Distance Education, In Person Learning
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Abdul Kani Jabarali; Harish Sathya Kumar; Yusuf Sharukkhan Barak – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2024
The library and information services of the twenty first century are rapidly changing education learning patterns because of the rapid development of electronic publishing libraries. However, the literature reveals the considerable unpredictability in experience, challenges, and awareness about E-resources among college students during and after…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Schools, Universities
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Kont, Kate-Riin; Piirsalu, Siret – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2022
Although patrons have considered the availability and quality of professional literature and library services to be very good, the current survey was conducted under special circumstances. During the Spring of 2020, the library was closed and access to remote services became more relevant. The current study, which was conducted at Tallinn Health…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Services, Academic Libraries, User Satisfaction (Information)
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Adigun, Ganiyu Ojo; Tella, Adeyinka – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2021
Library and information support services (LISS) to distance learners (DLs) and tutors are mandatory for qualitative learning and teaching. From the literature, LISS needs of Open and Distance Learners (ODLs) and their tutors (such as user education and information literacy instruction) were not adequately researched in Nigeria. This study,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Instruction, Information Literacy, User Satisfaction (Information)
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Oppong, Michael; Maluleka, Jan Resenga – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2022
Universities have been spending money on the acquisition of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enable online library research support platforms. Such acquisitions can be justified if they are effectively utilized for what they are intended for. A quantitative research approach was employed in the study to investigate the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Services, Information Technology
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Chidi Nuel-Jean, Okoye; Okoye, Michael Onuchukwu – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2020
This study investigated the relevance of libraries and librarians in distance education programs of Nigerian universities. Investigation was carried out in Federal Universities in the South East Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria using a descriptive survey research design. Five research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. 138 librarians…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Distance Education
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Sinhababu, A.; Kumar, S. – Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 2023
The present study aims to highlight the librarians' perception pertaining to the implementation of Virtual Reference Service (VRS) in the Chandigarh Region Innovation and Knowledge Cluster Institutions (CRIKC). The study is based on a sample drawn from librarians of the CRIKC libraries. To assess and evaluate the librarians' perception regarding…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Reference Services, Foreign Countries
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