Outsourcing digital reference: The user perspective

Reference Librarian

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 57-74

  Hill, J B ^a   Madarash Hill, Cherie ^b   Allred, Alison ^c  

^a Indiana University Libraries   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c Hutchinson and Company   (United States)

Author keywords

College and university libraries reference services; Contracts for library service; Linus A. Sims Memorial Library reference services; Reference services automation; Tutor.com Inc

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748846294     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J120v47n98_06     Document Type: Article

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