Supporting Distant and Lifelong Learners in South West Scotland

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Supporting Distant and Lifelong Learners in South
West Scotland

• Stuart James
• University of Paisley

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South-West Scotland populations (2001 Census)
and areas

• Scotland 5,064,200 78,789sq.km
• Dumfries and Galloway 147,780 6,439sq.km
• East Ayrshire 120,310 1,252sq.km
• North Ayrshire 135,820 884sq.km
• South Ayrshire 112,160 1,202sq.km
• Ayrshire (total) 368,290 3,338sq.km

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University of Paisley Library registered users
(postcode analysis 2003)

• Dumfries and Galloway 308
• East Ayrshire 1112
• North Ayrshire 1396
• South Ayrshire 1748
• Ayrshire (total) 4256
• Total registered users 9446

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Population densities (numbers per sq.km)

• Scotland 64
• Dumfries and Galloway 23
• East Ayrshire 96
• North Ayrshire 153
• South Ayrshire 93
• Ayrshire (total) 110
• Glasgow 3494

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Scottish Executive policies

• Lifelong learning
• Economic regeneration
• Smart successful Scotland
• Community-based learning
• Widening participation/social inclusion
• Seamless movement FE/HE (merger of funding
  councils)
• Cultural strategy cultural entitlements

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University of Paisley strategic plan

• Work with a wide range of external organisations
  to deliver higher education across South West
  Scotland, including
• Higher and further education institutions
• Local authorities

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Implications for students

• Many traditional school-leavers still, but
  limited information literacy
• Home circumstances no study tradition, but heavy
  internet users
• Need for employment to support study
• Full-time students same needs as part-time and
  distance learners
• Mature students
• Nurses support on placement

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Student Support

• Traditional libraries at Paisley, Ayr, Dumfries
  (shared with Glasgow University)
• Local support through partner libraries
• Remote access to e-library gt10,000 e-journals
  40 database services gt300 e-books
• Student access to VLE
• Aligning e-library and VLE?
• On-line information literacy material identical
  in e-library and VLE course-related and general

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University of Paisley Library formal partnerships

• Nursing and medical libraries (8)
• FE College libraries (9)
• Public libraries (10)
• Ayrshire Libraries Forum (ALF) 3 public, 3 FE, 2
  HE, 3 hospital and various school libraries
• Glasgow Area Libraries Together (GALT) 7 HE
  libraries, Glasgow City Libraries, FE rep.
• Scottish Confederation of University and Research
  Libraries (SCURL) 18 HE (including Open
  University), 2 public libraries. Other reps.

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Partner Libraries activities

• Free loan support service from University Library
  (monitored by requesting library)
• Support to University students at local library
• Limited access to e-services
• Access to University Library for FE students
  classes in information literacy
• Access to University Library for school pupils
• Personal contact support/advice

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Use of off-site resources (University of Paisley
Library Survey)

• 47 use other libraries
• Of whom 62 use public libraries
• 27 use other academic libraries
• 10 use workplace libraries
• Reasons for non-use of University Libraries 45
  cite travel
• 60 of users of electronic services access them
  from off-campus

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The future

• Learning cities/regions or countries
• National initiatives (SSISWG, NLS)
• Developing use of VLE/MLE, within University and
  more widely collaboratively?
• Development of and access to learning objects
• Cross-domain services
• The role of the private sector
• Visionary policies into visionary practice?

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Electronic Library services

• Demo of screen shots

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Supporting Distant and Lifelong Learners in South
West Scotland screen shots

• Stuart James
• University of Paisley

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