Evolving reference, changing culture the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. library and reference challenges ahead

Reference Librarian

Volumn 45, Issue 93, 2006, Pages 23-42

  Meserve, Harry ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Budget constraints; Economies of scale; Future of reference; Information literacy; Library politics; Life long learning; Merged public academic libraries; Merged reference service; New model library; Reference culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746487306     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J120v45n93_03     Document Type: Article

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