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HODGEPODGE: A Workshop. Proceedings (San Francisco, CA, February 22, 23, and 26, 1979).
Fowler, Thomas S., Ed. – 1979
Described on the agenda as "An Omnium Gatherum for Reference Librarians," this workshop presented by the staff of the Bay Area Reference Center (BARC) cites resources and explains search strategies used by BARC to respond to the types of questions most frequently submitted to them. Methods and tools that may be used by smaller libraries to answer…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Information Seeking, Librarians, Library Services
The Facets of Digital Reference. Proceedings of the Virtual Reference Desk Annual Digital Reference Conference (2nd, Seattle, Washington, October 16-17, 2000).
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Kasowitz, Abby S., Ed.; Stahl, Joan, Ed. – 2001
This publication features work presented at the Second Annual Virtual Reference Desk Digital Reference Conference (October 6-17, 2000, Seattle, Washington). These proceedings include papers and presentations by conference presenters representing public, academic, and government libraries, as well as subject-specific AskA services, from the United…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Mediated Communication, Government Libraries, Information Networks
The Ethics and Problems of Medical Reference Service in Public Libraries. Summary and Addenda to the September 1979 Bay Area Reference Center Workshop.
Powers, Audrey, Ed. – 1979
Participants in a workshop on the ethics and problems of medical reference service in public libraries generally concluded that people have a right to information concerning health and librarians should rely on common sense in answering medical reference questions and refrain from interpretation and diagnosis. Presentations included a report on a…
Descriptors: Ethics, Health Materials, Library Materials, Library Services
Building the Virtual Reference Desk in a 24/7 World. OCLC/Library of Congress Symposium at ALA Midwinter 2001 (Washington, DC, January 12, 2001). Tape 1 [and] Tape 2. [Videotapes].
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. – 2001
With the emergence of Web help services, libraries are no longer the lone providers of information. Today's researchers need to find quickly information that is usable, relevant, authoritative, and verifiable. To meet that need, libraries must adapt traditional strengths of acquiring, describing, and serving information to an environment that is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Information Services, Library Development
Public Libraries and New Directions for Adult Services. An Institute in Honor of Rose Vainstein, Margaret Mann Professor of Library Science (University of Michigan, May 16, 1980).
Durrance, Joan C., Ed.; Vainstein, Rose, Ed. – 1981
This collection of papers presented at an institute on public libraries and adult services at the University of Michigan contains a tribute to Professor Rose Vainstein (retiring Margaret Mann Professor of Library Science at the University), an institute program schedule, and a set of essays and discussions on the theme of the institute. The essays…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Community Information Services
Brick and Click Libraries: Proceedings of an Academic Library Symposium (Maryville, Missouri, October 22, 2004)
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Baudino, Frank, Ed.; Mardis, Lori, Ed.; Park, Sarah G., Ed.; Ury, Connie J., Ed. – Online Submission, 2004
The Brick & Click Libraries Symposium is a one-day conference that focuses on providing library resources and services for students who are either on-campus learners or off-campus learners. It is sponsored by Northwest Missouri State University in order to offer academic librarians a forum for sharing practical information. The subjects and…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Science, Electronic Journals, Copyrights