46 institutions participate in distance education programs and 28 do not. 7 libraries are involved in the administration of distance education programs. Libraries are involved in the following distance education programs: 32 have instructors traveling to remote sites to teach, 28 have courses or portions of courses videotaped and displayed at sites, 40 have interactive video on campus. DL classrooms are located in 7 libraries. Scheduling is done by 4 libraries. 2 libraries are responsible for network maintenance. 23 libraries provide assistance for faculty in the development of distance education courses. Libraries are involved in providing the following instructional development services: 11 instructional designs, 8 multimedia development, 9 course designs, 5 instructional evaluations, 11 others including: videotape viewing, multimedia development, reserve services, bibliographic instruction. Libraries are involved in providing the following orientation services: 11 general overview of distance education environment, 12 equipment operations, 18 Internet/World Wide Web use, 9 multimedia development, 6 others including: graphic instruction, orientation to distance education and library support services, course management support. 43 libraries provide library and information services for distance education courses and 3 do not. 43 have library catalogs accessible online to remote users. 32 libraries allow for the circulation of library materials to distance education students at remote sites. 4 libraries do not allow for the circulation of library materials, and 7 allow for partial circulation involving: access to courses on tape but not general library services, accessibility to students on campus only, use for credit courses only, and interlibrary loan services. 35 libraries provide interlibrary loan services to distance education students and 6 do not. The following ILL services are available to libraries: 8 have remote charging, 8 have telephone charging, 22 have e-mail requests, 12 have World Wide Web requests, and 8 have other services available. The following reference services are available to distance education students in libraries: 34 have telephones, 36 have e-mail, 27 have scheduled “one-on-one” time, 15 have WWW services, and 7 have fax services and 2 have US mail services available. 5 libraries use electronic reserve services, 18 use traditional electronic reserve services, and 22 use neither type of reserve service. 30 libraries have reciprocal agreements with other libraries and 8 do not. Coordination of library services to remote sites is completed by an extended campus librarian at 6 libraries, by access services at 19 libraries, by the reference department at 7 libraries, and by other services at 18 libraries (access services departments in 5 libraries, reference services departments in 4 libraries, and extension library services or distance education coordinators in 9 libraries). 13 libraries have received funding for the development of distance education programs including special funding from the state or federal government in 4 libraries, budget adjustment from the institution in 5 libraries, and special funding from other sources such as state grants, foundation grants or internal reallocation in 7 libraries. 6 libraries have a permanent budget for distance education which includes technical support, coordination, management, equipment maintenance and upgrades, and additional classrooms. Information extracted from: Synder, Carolyn A., Susan Logue, and Barbara G. Preece, comp. Role of Libraries in Distance EducationL A SPEC Kit (Washington, D.C. Association of Research Libraries.; 1996.