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Topic: Reference / Libraries / Library and Information Science / User Services / Reference Services

Subtopics of "Reference Services"

Virtual Reference Desk

Web pages on "Reference Services":

Bernie Sloan's Digital Reference Pages
Several bibliographies, lists, papers, and reports on online or virtual or digital reference services.
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~b-sloan/bernie.htm

Cooperative Reference Service Policy Manuals
Guidelines to help libraries create cooperative agreements to share reference services between institutions.
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaprotools/referenceguide/guidelinescooperative.htm

Guidelines for Behavioral Performance of Reference and Information Services Professionals
Criteria list to be used to evaluate the reference skills of library staff.
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaprotools/referenceguide/guidelinesbehavioral.htm

Guidelines for Medical, Legal, and Business Responses
Guide to the answering of reference questions in areas of medicine, law, and business. Discusses ways that librarians can answer deal with these questions in a way that prevents the librarian from dispensing legal or medical advice.
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaprotools/referenceguide/guidelinesmedical.htm

Management by Wandering Around: Reference Rovering and Quality Reference Service
Describes the business concept of management by wandering around and details how it can be used in providing patrons with better reference assistance.
http://www.michaellorenzen.com/mbwa.html

Minnesota Opportunities for Reference Excellence
The goal of Minnesota Opportunities for Reference Excellence continues to be improving the overall quality of reference service, which includes the reference interview, print and electronic sources, and Readers' Advisory.
http://www.arrowhead.lib.mn.us/more

Sites for Reference Sources
Collection of links that library staff would find useful in conducting reference work.
http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/librefpg.html

Virtual Reference: Overrated, Inflated, and Not Even Real
Article critical of chat and e-mail reference services in libraries.
http://www.charlestonco.com/features.cfm?id=112&type=ed

Wonderful World of Wombats
Unofficial Stumpers-L auxiliary web page for the difficult reference questions mailing list.
http://www.regiments.org/wombats/

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