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How should libraries play their roles in support of teaching and learning through web-based courses?

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How should libraries play their roles in support of teaching and learning through web-based courses?

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Libraries play an increasingly important role in support of web-based teaching and learning. Some responders indicated that their libraries created new positions such as “distance education librarian” or “web administrator” for web-based courses to facilitate the information needs of their students. The responders indicated that the Internet was a major source of information for their web-based students. However, students can easily get lost in cyberspace. We all know that the information we need is out there. It is the librarians role to help students find the information as quickly as possible. Librarians need to learn both how to search effectively on the Internet, and how to evaluate web sources. Librarians then need to teach these skills to their students so that the students themselves can search effectively both on the campus and at home. Librarians and instructors need to work together to provide their students with a list of useful web site addresses for each course offered th

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