Making Academic Reference Services Work.

Lewis, David W.

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ERIC Number: EJ491421

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Publication Date: 1994

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Making Academic Reference Services Work.

Lewis, David W.

College & Research Libraries, v55 n5 p445-56 Sep 1994

The new roles that reference librarians are being asked to play require that reference librarians should be given clear budgetary and programmatic authority; placed closer to the top of the organization; relieved of nonprofessional tasks; brought out of isolated departments; allowed to plan services and set priorities. (Contains 56 references.) (KRN)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Change, Higher Education, Horizontal Organization, Information Technology, Librarians, Library Administration, Library Instruction, Library Role, Organizational Change, Planning, Reference Services, User Satisfaction (Information)

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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