Title:	THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AS AN E-LEARNING SUPPORT CENTER IN THE PROCESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Author(s):	Irena Peteva, Bella Tetevenska, Stoyan Denchev
ISBN:	978-989-8533-48-7
Editors:	Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías
Year:	2016
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Education models; university library, e-learning; digital libraries, library resources, higher education, support center
Type:	Short Paper
First Page:	200
Last Page:	204
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	The purpose of this academic research paper is to outline new possibilities for successful integration of university libraries in the educational models related to knowledge economy. The evolution of classical functional library models is presented as an inevitable result of the transformation of typical learning models towards the modern E-learning ones. This change is related to the fast development of the contemporary information and communication technologies and the positive pressure that they exert worldwide. Furthermore, the total globalization has a great impact on this irreversible process. The identification of the interaction areas between the university libraries and the alternative educational models is based on a few factors, such as: the conceptual instruments of the General Applied System Theory; the applied technology of so-called architecture approach and the ideas of re-engineering of the classical model of university ibraries. The role of the integrated e-learning environment for university students is presented in the dynamic development of the university library's functional model, the intensity and the growing volume of library and information resources in the European research and educational area. The achieved results can be defined as a practical application of the theoretical basis of the new E-learning models. The convergence of the university libraries as E-learning support centers and the creation of prognostic model of successful university education processes provides a basis for dynamic social changes and is a projection of the different educational models upon the modern society.
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