Countering Information Overload: The Role of the Librarian.

Hopkins, Richard L.

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Publication Date: 1995

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Countering Information Overload: The Role of the Librarian.

Hopkins, Richard L.

Reference Librarian, n49-50 p305-33 1995

Librarians will have to become more adept in the future in developing ways to assist users in narrowing or focusing information searches. Examples are provided of attempts by library and information professionals to help users cope with the problem of information overload. (Author/AEF)

Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Seeking, Librarians, Library Development, Library Role, Library Services, Problems, Reference Services, Search Intermediaries, Search Strategies, User Needs (Information)

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Language: English

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