1. Academic and Special Library Collaboration in North Carolina: the MAHEC/WCU Partnership.
- Author
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Carstens, Timothy V.
- Abstract
The article presents information on the Mountain Area Health Education Center and Western Carolina University (WCU) partnership to provide students with best library services. This agreement is important in three ways. First, remote services are being provided not just by a conveniently located academic or public library but by a specialized library appropriate to the field of study of these students. Secondly because provisions have been made to provide these students with the resources of their home library, by means of an already-established document delivery service. Third reason for its importance in is that because this collaboration involves the inclusion of bibliographic records in two separate online catalogs and the simultaneous operation of two different circulation systems. WCU has successfully used new technologies such as interactive video and the Internet, WCU's most well-established and prosperous distance education venture has been suite of programs offered on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Asheville located approximately one hour from WCU.
- Published
- 2005