Library Services for External Postgraduate and Overseas Students.

Cavanagh, Tony; Lingham, Bernadette

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Publication Date: 1994

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Library Services for External Postgraduate and Overseas Students.

Cavanagh, Tony; Lingham, Bernadette

Distance Education, v15 n1 p112-27 1994

Examines the need for adequate library services to support distance education students based on Deakin University (Australia) experiences with off-campus postgraduate students and overseas students. Topics discussed include library borrowing statistics; costs; interlibrary loans; staff assistance; use of the library delivery service; problems with mail systems; and communication difficulties. (Contains 11 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Costs, Distance Education, Extension Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation, Library Personnel, Library Role, Library Services, Library Statistics, Problems, Tables (Data)

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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