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Introducing the READ Scale: Qualitative Statistics for Academic Reference Services

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: The article describes the concept, methodology, data gathering and study expansion using the Reference Effort Assessment Data (READ) scale developed at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. READ Scale pertains to a tool for recording vital supplemental qualitative statistics gathered when reference librarians assist users with their inquiries or research-related activities. The scale is easy to use compared with the traditional method of gathering reference statistics.

Source: Georgia Library Quarterly

DOI: 10.62915/2157-0396.1003

Authors: Bella Karla Gerlich, G. Lynn Berard

Institutions: Georgia College & State University, Carnegie Mellon University

Language: English

Topic: Library Science and Information Literacy

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W100016917

FWCI: 3.751

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Cited by: 33

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