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tl-2098	Boyd, Kenneth A.	The Impact of Distance Education on Libraries	2009-05-11	10	.pdf	application/pdf	5715	205	31	The roundtable recommended three essential actions libraries must make to achieve the necessary transformation to remain relevant in the years ahead: 1) librarians must evolve from print media to user-focused media and become information specialists; 2) the culture of libraries and their staffs must change from a mindset of primarily ownership and control to one that seeks to provide service and guidance in helping users find information regardless of the format; and �) libraries must assert their evolving role not only within their institutions but share their information dissemination and retrieval expertise in other markets.15ammerman related the changing role of the academic library specifically to the seminary library.1� he identified three factors that seminary libraries should address as they move into the future: 1) collaborative models of scholarship and pedagogy involving both physical and technological infrastructure; 2) globalization, especially made possible by technology including providing library services to those at a distance; and �) changes in scholarly 8 ibid. 9 allen W. Mueller, “library services to real students from Virtual and extension programs,” American Theological Library Association: Summary of Proceedings 51 (1997): 257-�1. 10 linda c. smith, “The academic library’s role in Distance education,” American Theological Library Association: Summary of Proceedings 5� (1999): 125-�2. 11 Mark stover, ed., Theological Librarians and the Internet: Implications for Practice (new York: haworth press, 2001). 7 association of Theological schools, “guidelines for evaluating library and information resources,” http://www.ats.edu/ accrediting/Documents/handbook/handbooksection9.pdf.	cache/tl-2098.pdf	txt/tl-2098.txt