This volume has grown from the collective effort of individuals from 28 American Library Association (ALA) accredited program schools to document the history and growth of distance education for the library and information science (LIS) professions. Their experiences, successes, unforeseen problems and solutions to those, provide practical information and a much-needed benchmark for those also attempting to create successful distance education opportunities within their programs.

DANIEL D. BARRON is Professor, School of Library and Information Science, College of Mass Communications and Information Studies, University of South Carolina.