This is the unspecified version of the paper. This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link: http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/3178/ Link to published version: http://dx. Summary The nature of distance learning in general, and for the specific case of LIS professional development, is reviewed, in the context of wider changes in the learning environment. This leads to an analysis of the kind of materials and activities which may be required to

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... upport this form of education, and to proposals for categories of activities, which are to tested in a part distance learning multinational LIS summer school.