DE Services: Faculty Teaching DE Classes
Library Instruction Request Form | Reserve Materials | Distance Education Library Services
Instructional Support
Librarians are available to visit your off-campus class in person or virtually:
- Face-to-face at an off-site computer lab (when available)
- Virtually in the AETZone
- Online via the web conferencing software or in AsULearn
- Delivered from an ASU campus distance learning classroom when a receiving site is available at the remote site
- Occasionally, off-campus students inquire about coming to Belk Library for an instruction session -- small group or full class sessions can be arranged
Librarians can also provide instructional support in:
- AsULearn by developing content, designing assignments, monitoring a research forum, and more
- Assignment design by consulting with faculty to develop assignments that incorporate effective information literacy and critical thinking skills
- Resource page design by developing research or course-specific guides
- To schedule a library instruction session or to consult with a librarian for resource support, please complete and submit:
Library Instruction Request Form.
Questions? Contact Geri Purpur, Distance Education Librarian, purpurgm@appstate.edu or 828-262-6903
Reserves for Distance Education Students
Electronic Reserves
- Required and heavy demand course materials such as journal articles and book excerpts can be scanned and placed on electronic reserves.
- Students identify electronic reserves by course number or instructor's name.
- Students must have Adobe Acrobat to read e-reserves (a free download). Instructions are available on the Reserves page. All reserves are subject to US Copyright Law. Copyright information.
- Click on Reserve Guidelines for Faculty to learn how to place materials on electronic reserve.
Distance Education Library Services
- The University Library is committed to ensuring that distance education students and the faculty who teach them are afforded the same level of library services and resources as their on-campus peers.
- Questions? Contact Geri Purpur, Distance Education Librarian, purpurgm@appstate.edu or 828-262-6903
