The Place of Academic Libraries in an Online Education (Teaching and Learning)

Abstract

Online education is a technique in which users may use different technologies, internet, computer technology and multimedia, and it may be replacing the conventional educational system to some extent. Online Education gives new dimensions to higher education as well as other areas of education. Academic libraries give the support by providing access to a wide range of resources and services that enhance the teaching and learning. This article highlights the basic concept of online education/e-learning, the place of library, library tools for online education/e-learning and also further discuss the participation of academic libraries in the online education/e-learning which remain a vital component of online education, providing essential support for students, faculty and researchers in their pursuit of knowledge and academic success. Therefore, it is concluded that a good library is the heart of every campus, is a symbolic structure of scholarship and service, the physical entity that is an academic library in no way limits the ability to reach beyond their walls. “While our patrons were once expected to come to the library, we now ask how we can better reach the patron, with distance no longer a barrier”. Therefore, this study is having an understanding that a library is driven by service; whether that service is face-to-face or online is extraneous to the ideal of reaching all patrons adequately and equally.

Keywords: Library Tools/Resources, Online Education, Academic Libraries, Information, Online Library

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