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Beckerman, Edwin P. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1975
The case for public library support for open university programs. Description of some existing public library projects and discussion of ways in which libraries can participate in adult degree programs. (LS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, External Degree Programs, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction
Bendix, Dorothy; And Others – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1975
An annotated bibliography covering the open university in the United States and Great Britain as well as the role of the library in such programs. (LS)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, External Degree Programs, Higher Education, Independent Study
Download full textBrooks, Jean S. – 1974
The library has traditionally been a center for independent learning and individual self-directed education. The Dallas Public Library, in cooperation with Southern Methodist University, set up a library independent study project (ISP). College credit could be obtained through the College Level Examination Program (CLEP); however, learning for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, External Degree Programs, Independent Study
College Entrance Examination Board, New York, NY. Office of Library Independent Study and Guidance Projects. – 1974
The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) is a credit by examination program offered by the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) as an alternative to formal college education for independent learners. In 1970 the CEEB began to work with public libraries in providing help to the independent learner who wished to participate in the CLEP…
Descriptors: External Degree Programs, Independent Study, Library Extension, Library Planning
Morris, Roger – American Libraries, 1973
Libraries are getting involved with open university programs. Some of them are so structured however, that they contradict the concept of independent learning. Problems to be considered include: 1) should librarians adopt the role of teachers? 2) should participants be recruited? 3) what are funding priorities? (DH)
Descriptors: Extension Education, External Degree Programs, Independent Study, Librarians
Monroe, Margaret E. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1975
A description of the kinds of services libraries may provide to students in nontraditional programs and an examination of the kinds of training needed by librarians who perform such services. (LS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, External Degree Programs, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction
Anwar, Mumtaz; And Others – 1976
A proposal is made to use local people's libraries as information distribution centers for the Integrated Rural Development Program in Pakistan. The local libraries would function as centers for literacy programs, adult education, open university programs, instruction in improved farming methods, and general information dissemination. Each center…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Information Services, Educational Television, External Degree Programs
National Coll. of Education, Evanston, IL. – 1982
This self-instructional library module is the textbook used in a 4-hour library instruction course for field-based students of the National College of Education. The field program involves instruction sessions in local libraries, instructor-assisted online reference searching, and document delivery to field-based students working on a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, Check Lists, External Degree Programs
