Abstract
Much has been written on the importance of working with instructors teaching at a distance to provide library services to distant students and instructors. However, what distant instructors want and expect from the library has not been explored as directly, and definitely not on as large a scale. Examining the small-scale studies that have been performed at various institutions, we can 1.) identify what distance education faculty generally want from their library to supplement their instruction; 2.) look at what services faculty would commonly like to see the library offer to their students; and 3.) discover what further steps need to be taken to better understand the faculty we seek to serve.

Samantha is the librarian in charge of liaising with distant faculty and students at University of Montana. This paper sprang out of her investigation of what the faculty teaching at a distance would like the library to offer to them and their students.

The University of Montana has 13,352 students.