Graeme Arnott 

Biography - Graeme Arnott has supported learning in higher education for over 20 years as both an Academic Librarian and Senior Lecturer. He currently lectures at the University of Northumbria, sepcialising particularly in corporate communication, customer orientation, public relations and event planning, as well as the more traditional areas of Librarianship such at cataloguing and classification, and collection management. Graeme has been involved in distance learning as a module tutor but also as Programme Leader of the MA/MSc International Information Studies programme, a distance learning collaboration with the Universita degli studi di Parma.

Abstract - Distance education – national and international perspectives from UK providers

For many in the library workforce anxious to qualify full-time study is out of the question. Neither is attendance at part-time classes possible unless one lives within reach of a provider. Distance education has opened up new opportunities. This session will look at the national and international impact of distance education from the perspective of three UK departments active in the field.