Distance Learning
Dupré Library provides resources and services that support the University’s distance learning programs as directed by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) guidelines regarding the provision of library services to distance learners. Three requirements are stipulated:
- To ensure the provision of, and ready access to, adequate library resources and services to support the courses, programs, and degrees offered.
- To provide comparable services to offsite students by either owning the needed materials, by providing electronic access, or by arranging formal borrowing agreements with other institutions.
- To designate a Distance Learning Librarian who is responsible for ensuring these resources and services.
Services
Distance learning students and instructors are entitled to library services and resources equivalent to those offered on campus.
Services for Distance Students include:
- Reference and research assistance
- Access to all library online holdings, including databases, journals, eBooks and reference collections
- Article and book delivery of materials not available in full-text online
- Borrowing resources from other Louisiana institutions via the LOUIS Reciprocal Borrowing Card
- Borrowing journal articles from other libraries through the Interlibrary Loan Service
- For more information, view the Guide for Distance Learners.
Services for Distance Instructors include:
- Reference assistance and library instruction
- Embedding a librarian into a Moodle course
- Adding library resources to a Moodle course
- Requesting a subject or course-specific research guide
- For more information, view theGuide for Distance Instructors.
Other library service departments, including Reference & Research Services, Interlibrary Loan, and Library Systems, also support the needs of distance learning students.
Distance Learning Appropriations Policy
Contact
Service Desk | (337) 482-6025 | Ask Us! | 1st Floor | reference@louisiana.edu