The use of distance education in United States library and information science: history and current perspectives

Issue title: Distance Education

Guest editors: Daniel D. BarronEditor

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Barron, Daniel D.

Affiliations: College of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA

Abstract: The author presents a description of the the use of distance education by library and information science educators and practitioners in the United States, an overview of the research that has been completed related to this use, and a description of the current status of distance education in library and information science in the United States.

DOI: 10.3233/EFI-1990-8404

Journal: Education for Information, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 325-339, 1990