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Computer Literature Searching: Start-up and the First Year in a Small Liberal Arts College.
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Cooper, Douglas W. – Reference Librarian, 1982
Narrates experiences at Randolph Macon College Library in instituting an online search service and offers suggestions to those considering starting service. Proposals, equipment, selecting vendors, search aids, training, planning, policy, promotion, population served, uses and effectiveness, impact on workload and interlibrary loan, and records…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Planning, Library Services
Free Online Reference and Fee-Based Online Search Services: Allies, Not Antagonists.
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Weaver, Carolyn G. – Reference Librarian, 1982
Describes the dual service philosophy at McGoogan Library, University of Nebraska Medical Center, which includes fee-based online search services and free use of online databases for reference purposes. The position of the American Library Association, viewpoints from the field, and record-keeping and accounting procedures are reviewed. Seven…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Fees, Higher Education
The Humanist and the Library: Promoting New Scholarship through Collaborative Interaction between Humanists and Librarians.
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Burnette, Michaelyn; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1994
Discusses the research methodologies of humanities scholars and describes a project developed at the University of California at Berkeley that promoted collaboration between reference librarians and humanities faculty to increase faculty awareness of library services and resources. Highlights include new technologies and librarians' integration…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Humanities
The Reference Librarian as Mediator: Predicting Accuracy Scores from User Impressions.
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Lancaster, F. W.; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1992
This study, conducted at Illinois State University library, evaluated the ability of professional librarians to answer reference questions. Evaluations by undergraduate students were scored for accuracy of response and attitude of the librarian to determine the best attitudinal predictor of accuracy scores. The evaluation form is appended. (three…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Librarian Attitudes
The Significance of a Minority Reference Internship Program.
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Wrighten, Mary G. – Reference Librarian, 1994
Describes the minority internship program at the Bowling Green State University library from the intern's perspective. Highlights include working at various branch libraries as well as a public library; library staff orientation; committee work to promote multiculturalism; and personal assessment of the program. (LRW)
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, College Libraries, Committees, Cultural Differences
Valuing Diversity: Students Helping Students.
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Judd, Blanche E.; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1994
Describes the Library Reference Assistant Program at the State University of New York College at Oswego that was developed to recruit and instruct students of color and nontraditional students in assisting librarians at the reference desk. Topics discussed include financial support; collaboration; costs; and training and evaluation. (Contains…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Cooperation, Costs, Cultural Awareness