Rethinking reference for academic libraries: innovative developments and future trends

by Bowers, Jennifer Forbes, Carrie

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Title Statements

Full title :Rethinking reference for academic libraries : innovative developments and future trends / edited by Carrie Forbes, Jennifer Bowers.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2015

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Rowman & Littlefield
Place of Publication:Lanham
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2015

The Physical Object

Description:xxi, 240 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781442244511, 1442244518, 9781442244528, 1442244526, 9781442244535, 1442244534
oclc:on1204948462
LC Classification:Z675.U5
Dewey Decimal:025.5/2777

Introduction: reimagining reference and research services for the twenty-first-century academic library / Jennifer Bowers and Carrie Forbes -- I. Collaboration: partnerships for lifelong learning -- Step away from the desk : re-casting the reference librarian as academic partner / Michael Courtney and Angela Courtney -- The scholarly commons : emerging research services for graduate students and faculty / Merinda Kaye Hensley -- II. Diversity: meeting the information needs of a changing demographic -- The rainbow connection : reference services for LGBT community in academic libraries / Matthew P. Ciszek -- Reference services in a shifting world : other languages, other services / Valeria E. Molteni and Eileen K. Bosch -- As needs change, so must we : a case study of innovative outreach to changing demographics / Li Fu -- III. Technology: reference service beyond the library walls -- Roving reference : taking the library to its users / Zara Wilkinson -- Connecting questions with answers / Ellie Dworak and Carrie Moore -- IV. Assessment: does reference make a difference? -- Transforming reference services : more than meets the eye / Kawanna Bright, Consuella Askew, and Lori Driver …

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Academic librarians -- Effect of techno… Academic libraries Academic libraries -- Case studies. -- … Academic libraries -- Reference services Bibliothécaires d'université -- Effets … Bibliothèques -- Fonds spéciaux Bibliothèques universitaires -- Études … Bibliothèques universitaires -- Service… Case studies Libraries -- Special collections United States