Transforming library services to support distance learning: Strategies used by the DePaul University Libraries

Abstract

As is the case in many libraries, the DePaul University Libraries have been developing programs and services to facilitate the university’s overall strategic planning effort for quite some time. As the largest Catholic university in the United States, growth in total number of students, course hours offered, and number of programs has increased at phenomenal rates in the last several years. As an example, the School of Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Systems, which is the largest program of its kind in the United States, experienced 31% growth in enrollment the previous year.