Abstract

The Internet keeps growing at lightning speed. Now, "tribal college" students have a tool to assist them in locating accurate information quickly: the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Virtual Library. The AIHEC Virtual Library provides a focused entryway into the Internet research field. Librarians report that it supplements their own collections, provides resources for satellite campuses that don't have their own libraries makes rare ethnic resources available, and most importantly, helps with accreditation. Atkins, who has studied virtual Library designs around the world, says the AIHEC Virtual Library is an unusual peer-to-peer enterprise. Nursing students at United Tribes Technical College utilize the virtual library to access Native American medicine websites.

Citation

Kirby, J. (2004). Portal to the World: AIHEC Virtual Library Opens Doors for Native Research. Tribal College, 15(4), 10-12. Retrieved August 8, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/100569/.

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Keywords

• American Indian Education
• American Indians
• Electronic Libraries
• internet
• Librarians
• Nursing Students
• Technical Institutes
• Tribally Controlled Education
• Web Sites