“Going where the questions are”: Using media to maintain personalized contact in reference service in medium-sized academic libraries

Reference Librarian

Volumn 31, Issue 65, 1999, Pages 39-50

  Archer, Sarah Brick ^a   Cast, Melissa ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic resources; Reference interview; Reference service; Video conferencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032070788     PISSN: 02763877     EISSN: 15411117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J120v31n65_05     Document Type: Article

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