For example, its distance-learning program has enjoyed enormous success. The program has grown in the past decade from one course and 26 students to nearly two dozen courses per semester, with 500 students participating. The Genesee library has used its DRA system all along to help foster and support such growth. If the students are out there, they deserve equal access to library resources, and we go the extra mile to be available, and to do what we can to meet their research needs. With its existing software, Genesee has taken advantage of tools such as DRA's Information Gateway PAC to let students access numerous resources via a single interface.
Students also can check on the library's holdings for materials found via citation databases.
The library then has a service that enables students to request that materials they locate be sent via courier to the facility nearest their home. To be ready for the upgrade, Genesee currently is working on its networking infrastructure, setting up fiber-optic wiring and installing hub interfaces within the college. Within the last few years, since the Internet has come along, it's really changed our lives. But we're at the point now that we welcome it. We look forward to the next phase.