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Pierson, Robert M. – J Educ Libr, 1969
Descriptors: Library Education, Library Services, Reference Services, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedAnderson, Hattie T. – Special Libraries, 1981
Describes a special reference service that supports administrative, planning, management, and technical levels of an organization operating within the research and development and major systems acquisition environment. More than 15 references are cited. (Author/FM)
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Services, Library Role, Reference Services
Peer reviewedVavrek, Bernard – RQ, 1979
Describes what is happening concerning developmental information service guidelines published by the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) of the American Library Association (ALA) in 1976 and discusses evaluation guidelines for reference/information services of libraries. (Author/JD)
Descriptors: Essays, Evaluation, Guidelines, Libraries
Wodarz, Nan – School Business Affairs, 2001
Briefly describes content of eSchool News Online, an Internet-based publication for school officials containing reviews of current events, news relevant to schools, searchable archives, funding sources, technology forums, a calendar, and online access to hardcopy publications and special reports. Web address is www.eschoolnews.org. (PKP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Internet, Online Systems, Reference Services
Direct linkRoberts, Gary – Computers in Libraries, 2005
Herrick Library (Alfred University, Alfred, NY) reference guru of 18 years, Frank McBride, retired recently, leaving a smaller and less experienced staff to collectively handle reference questions. Frank had conscientiously documented much of his experience in a collection of paper files. In this column, the author (Herrick's new coordinator of…
Descriptors: Libraries, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software, Reference Services
Healey, Mick – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2005
Linking research and teaching is a topic of international interest. The links may take many different forms and may be found in all types of higher education institution. The main aim of the paper is to explore the complexity and contested nature of the research-teaching nexus in different national and institutional contexts, with particular…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Reference Services, Higher Education, Environmental Education
Galvin, Jeanne – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2005
This article considers strategies for promoting information literacy other than classroom instruction. Library services, such as the creation of pathfinders, excellent reference practices, and provision of user-friendly Web pages, are considered in terms of how they might be useful in supporting an information literacy initiative.
Descriptors: Library Services, Information Literacy, Web Sites, Reference Services
Wyatt, Neal – Library Journal, 2007
Readers' advisory (RA) librarians use appeal to translate between readers and books, to make connections between readers and myriad other title possibilities based on the effects of the story. Appeal addresses the elements of books that readers respond to, the features that "draw a reader into a book" and help shape a particular reading…
Descriptors: Reference Services, Librarians, Reader Text Relationship, Reader Response
Peer reviewedHobbs, Cecil – International Library Review, 1975
Describes the qualifications and duties of area specialists with particular reference to the Library of Congress. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Librarians, Library Acquisition, Library Services
Vavrek, Bernard – American Libraries, 1975
Points out the innovative nature of the American Library Association "Guidelines for Information Services." (PF)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Information Services, Library Education, Library Services
Peer reviewedShaw, Renata V. – Special Libraries, 1974
A brief description of reference, bibliography, preservation, administration, and staffing for a picture collection. (PF)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Librarians, Library Services, Photographs
Peer reviewedShores, Louis – RQ, 1974
History and review of basic reference service. (LS)
Descriptors: History, Information Science, Library Services, Reference Materials
Gwinn, Nancy E. – Library Journal, 1975
A telephone reference service operated by the Library of Congress provides immediate service to congressmen with the help of automated information files. (PF)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Library Automation, Library Services
Pfoutz, Daniel R. – Libr J, 1969
Descriptors: Industry, Information Dissemination, Library Services, Reference Services
Download full textNelson Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1965
DATA OBTAINED FROM VISITS TO ALL TYPES OF LIBRARIES, INTERVIEWS WITH ABOUT 80 PEOPLE, AND STATISTICAL DATA FURNISHED BY THE COLORADO STATE LIBRARY FROM THE BASIS FOR THIS SURVEY OF LIBRARY RESOURCES IN COLORADO. LIBRARY SERVICES ARE FOUND TO BE INADEQUATE AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE STATE LIBRARY ASSUME LEADERSHIP FOR STATE PROGRAMS, THAT THE…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Cooperation, Library Services, Library Surveys
