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# Learning and libraries
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/learning-and-libraries/
- Published: 2004-09-05T23:01:59.000Z
- Updated: 2004-09-05T23:01:59.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Institutions, Research ∕ Learning, Systems

The recent report released by DLF, *Digital Library Content and Course Management Systems: Issues of Interoperation*, makes it three: three recent reports on the increasingly important interface between library services and instructional technology applications. The three are:

1. [*Digital Library Content and Course Management Systems: Issues of Interoperation.*](https://www.diglib.org/pubs/cmsdl0407/cmsdl0407.htm?ref=lorcandempsey.net) Report of a study group chaired by Dale Flecker and Neil McLean.
2. *Interoperability between Library Information Services and Learning Environments – Bridging the Gaps* \[[PDF](https://www.imsglobal.org/digitalrepositories/CNIandIMS%5F2004.pdf?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]. A joint White Paper written on behalf of the IMS Global Learning Consortium and the Coalition for Networked Information. Principal authors: Neil McLean and Clifford Lynch.
3. *Libraries and the Enhancement of E-learning* \[[PDF](https://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/elearning.pdf?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]. Report of the OCLC e-learning taskforce, chaired by Pat Albanese. Edited by Neil McLean and Heidi Sander.

This relationship has become a very important one. I sense that organizational fluidity and technical immaturity coupled with a need to work through a set of service issues will make this a discussion for several years to come.