Maryland Higher Educations Research Gateway

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Maryland Higher Educations Research Gateway
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Maryland Higher Educations Research Gateway
Educating Marylands Workforce

• Through cooperation and leveraged purchasing,
  providing a collection of online resources

• article databases
• e-books
• electronic journals
• reference works

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Maryland Higher EducationsResearch Gateway
Educating Marylands Workforce

• In the future, expanding access to

Digitized library collections
An online catalog of the resources of all
libraries
Links to other public information resources
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Maryland Higher EducationsResearch Gateway
Educating Marylands Workforce

• In FY 2000, MDL spent 600,000 to license
  electronic resources, at a savings to individual
  schools of
• 2.9 million.

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Reaching Students Where They Are
Educating Marylands Workforce

• On Campus

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Reaching Students Where They Are
Educating Marylands Workforce

• On Campus

• At Home

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Reaching Students Where They Are
Educating Marylands Workforce

• On Campus

• At Home

• At Work

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Providing Resources for Students Preparing for
Careers in
Educating Marylands Workforce

• Nursing

Medicine
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Providing Resources for Students Preparing for
Careers in
Educating Marylands Workforce
Technology

• Science

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Providing Resources for Students Preparing for
Careers in
Educating Marylands Workforce

• Education

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Providing Resources for Students Preparing for
Careers in
Educating Marylands Workforce

• Business

Computer Science
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Educating Marylands Workforce

• Providing equitable access across the state of
  Maryland

• 15 community colleges
• 20 independent colleges and universities
• 16 public colleges and universities

Carroll Community College
Morgan State University
Villa Julie College
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Meeting the Needs of Students Today and Tomorrow
Educating Marylands Workforce
Over 200,000 students have access to Maryland
Digital Library.

• In 2001 and 2002, students

• Conducted over four million searches
• Retrieved 3.5 million full-text articles
• and books

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Meeting the Needs of Students Today and Tomorrow
Educating Marylands Workforce
With funding, Maryland Digital Library can
provide
More content
More access
To more students
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Educating Marylands Workforce
Maryland Digital Library
http//md-diglib.org
Without Maryland Digital Library, the Capitol
College Library in Laurel, Maryland could not
have met the colleges mandate to provide a
virtual library. MDL is a vital component in
the delivery of the focused, high quality
education that is the hallmark of Capitol
College. -Rick Sample, Library Director, Capitol
College