Library Services
Students have access to the UoPeople Library & Resource Center (ULRC), a virtual environment delivered through the University course site. Among the features of ULRC are Open Education Resources (OER) such as the Toolbox, which serves to organize open-access e-books and journals; proprietary databases from the Library and Information Resources Network (LIRN); and online access to assistance from librarians.
The Library Services leadership includes:
- Ilene Frank, Director of Library Services, former reference librarian (1974 to 2009) at the University of South Florida (USF).
The Library Services Advisory Board includes:
- Ilene Frank, Director of Library Services, former reference librarian (1974 to 2009) at the University of South Florida (USF)
- Carol Goodson, Head of Library Access Services at the University of West Georgia.
- S. Blair Kauffman, Law Librarian and Professor of Law at Yale Law School.
- James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia University.
- Tom Peters, CEO of “TAP Information Services”, former Dean of University Libraries at Western Illinois University.
- Elizabeth F. Watson, Campus Librarian at the Cave Hill Campus in Barbados of The University of the West Indies (UWI).
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