As universities attempt to expand access to higher education through the establishment of distance centers, it is important that those distance students receive library services equivalent to those offered on the main campus. The author describes how Southeast Missouri State University is attempting to serve these non‐traditional learners through innovative techniques and resources. By making use of both subscription and freely available online databases, providing document delivery through the interlibrary loan department, recycling still valuable reference materials, and developing a list of recommended materials that each distance center should have available in its own collection, the library is fulfilling its mission to these students.
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March 01 2003
Distance center students deserve main campus resources
David Darryl Bibb
David Darryl Bibb
David Darryl Bibb is the Distance Education Librarian at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-5592
Print ISSN: 0160-4953
© MCB UP Limited
2003
Collection Building (2003) 22 (1): 5–9.
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Darryl Bibb D (2003), "Distance center students deserve main campus resources". Collection Building, Vol. 22 No. 1 pp. 5–9, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/01604950310457140
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