E-mail reference as substitute for library receptionist

Digital Versus Non-Digital Reference: Ask a Librarian Online and Offline

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 19-32

  Braxton, Susan M ^a   Brunsdale, Maureen ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; E mail reference; Reference services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905605379     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1300/J120v41n85_02     Document Type: Chapter

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