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Shall We Get Rid of the Reference Desk?

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: This study examines the prevalence of offering reference services from the reference desk in 119 academic libraries at universities offering master’s level programs. Survey results found that 66.4 percent of libraries still used the reference desk to offer reference services, and 77.21 percent of libraries use a professional librarian at the reference desk all or some of the time.

Source: Reference & User Services Quarterly

DOI: 10.5860/rusq.52n4.320

Author: Dennis B. Miles

Language: English

Topic: Library Science and Information Literacy

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1998712506

FWCI: 44.53

Cites: 24

Cited by: 41

Related to: 10