Reference Services Review
SSCI-ISI SCOPUS (1973-2023)
0090-7324
2054-1716
Anh Quốc
Cơ quản chủ quản: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
Lĩnh vực:
E-learningLibrary and Information Sciences
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New roles and opportunities for academic library liaisons: a survey and recommendationsA task force at Rutgers University Libraries was charged with exploring ways to develop more effective liaison relations with teaching departments. As a preliminary step the working group surveyed Rutgers liaisons to identify preferred practices and to solicit comments on trends in liaisonship in academic libraries. Based on this survey, we examine changes in the information profession and... ...
Tập 31 Số 2 - Trang 122-128 - 2003
The Fugitive Literature of Acid Rain: Making Use of Nonconventional Information Sources in a Vertical FileAcid rain was a little‐known issue ten to fifteen years ago. Only a relatively small group of scientists seeking an explanation for the changes they observed in the environment were concerned with the problem. Today acid rain is recognized as an environmental problem of global proportions. Governments at all levels are moving to develop policies addressing the issue. As the topic has expan... ...
- 1988
State of the Art Survey of Reference Materials in BusinessOne of the most significant events that took place during the period under review was the recent symposium on economics bibliography held in July 1975 under the auspices of the International Economics Association. It met at the famous Institut fur Weltwirtschaft, University of Kiel, West Germany. The theme of the symposium was the “Organization and Retrieval of Economic Knowledge.” The pap... ...
- 1976
Searching for birth relatives: A selective bibliographyConfidentiality in adoption has been the norm in this country since the 1930s. Traditionally, it has been perceived as beneficial to all sides of the adoption triangle: the adoptive parents, the adoptee, and the birth parents. Adoption agencies have supported the policy of confidentiality, and as a result the practice of concealment is almost universal in the United States. Alaska, Hawaii,... ...
Tập 20 Số 4 - Trang 7-28 - 1992
Elements of active learning in the online tutorials of ARL membersPurpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent of the use of active learning in the online tutorials of members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and to compare these results with those found in a similar study done in 1999 by Nancy Dewald, and also to determine what major types of active learning ...
Tập 33 Số 2 - Trang 210-218 - 2005
Focus group interviewing in the library literaturePurpose Focus group interviewing, an important social science research methodology dating to the 1920s, is currently experiencing renewed popularity worldwide. This paper aims to review the implementation of this qualitative assessment tool as it relates to the library environment. The article is designed to stimulate the us...
- 2006
Managing a digital collection: the Garst photographic collectionOver the years, digitization has become an important part of libraries because it increases accessibility to the general public via the World Wide Web. Colorado State University Libraries (CSU Libraries) is currently working on a digitization project containing 19,537 wildlife slides. This project is unique because it was managed fully by undergraduate students, from the collection’s donat... ...
Tập 30 Số 2 - Trang 124-142 - 2002
Gardening books for a public library reference collectionSummer is here. Not only have you noticed that the dogwood and irises are in bloom, but you've also tracked the barrage of garden and lawn‐related questions of the past few months:
- 1990
A decade of personalized research assistancePurpose The University of Idaho Library's Research Assistance Program has offered personalized research consultations to more than 1,150 students over ten years. This article aims to study the usage data compiled over the past decade to determine if the service still meets the needs of users effectively.
Tập 37 Số 2 - Trang 207-220 - 2009
The mobile university: from the library to the campusPurpose The purpose of this paper is to review one library's experiences of creating mobile services and illustrate how, by developing expertise in emerging technologies, libraries can foster partnerships with other groups on campus and play a leading role in providing relevant student‐centred services. ...
- 2010