Touring the campus library from the World Wide Web Academic Article

abstract

• Evans Library at Texas A&M University has developed and released a Virtual Library Tour available via the World Wide Web (WWW). The URL for the tour is http://www.tamu.edu/library/reference/ virtual/tour00.htmlhttp://www.tamu.edu/library/reference/ virtual/tour00.html. The tour, designed as a remotely accessible alternative to the basic library orientation tour, provides information on library departments, services, materials, and policies. Development and implementation of this new orientation tool involved technological issues and library instructional techniques. Approximately 165 hours of professional time were required to create and release the tour. To achieve an optimum combination of effective instruction and technical expertise, the development team for the Texas A&M University Evans Library's Virtual Library Tour consisted of the coordinator of instructional services, Pixey Anne Mosley, and the automated information retrieval services (AIRS) librarian, Daniel Xiao. This article discusses the process used and lessons learned through the creation of the Virtual Library Tour.

authors

• Xiao, Yi

published proceedings

• Reference Services Review

author list (cited authors)

• Mosley, P. A., & Xiao, D.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Mosley, Pixey Anne||Xiao, Daniel

publication date

• April 1996

publisher

• Emerald  Publisher

published in

• Reference Services Review: reference and instructional services for libraries in the digital age  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1108/eb049292

start page

• 7

end page

• 30

volume

• Volume 24

issue

• Issue 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb049292