Librarians have an opportunity to assist faculty and students in adoption use of OER, or Open Educational Resources. Faculty present differing perspectives responses OER that may inhibit their use. Libraries are known for providing access resources educational training workshops on the new technologies existing resources. also accustomed proxied online resources, hosting repositories developing...

This survey examines the familiarity of students at Virtual University of Shiraz (VUS), as a first virtual institution in Iran, with the concept and importance of digital libraries. To do this research, a descriptive and survey methodology was used. Students of Virtual University of Shiraz in comprise the population of the study. Findings showed that more than 66 percent of distance students ar...