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Beyond the Web: integrated digital communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper details two case studies exploring integration within digital communities. Three types of integration are introduced – information, technological and online-offline integration.
Sillence, Elizabeth
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Undergraduate and postgraduate students in a North American University are choosing to use chat reference services for all kinds of reasons

open access: yesEvidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2006
A review of: Ward, David. “Why Users Choose Chat: A Survey of Behavior and Motivations.” Internet Reference Services Quarterly 10.1 (2005): 29-46. Objective – To investigate reasons why undergraduate and postgraduate students choose to use chat ...
Gill Needham
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Balancing SoNaR: IPR versus Processing Issues in a 500-Million-Word Written Dutch Reference Corpus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In The Low Countries, a major reference corpus for written Dutch is beingbuilt. We discuss the interplay between data acquisition and data processingduring the creation of the SoNaR Corpus. Based on developments in traditionalcorpus compiling and new web
De Clercq, Orph´ee   +4 more
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Annotated Bibliography: The Reference Desk: Grand Idea or Gone Down the River?

open access: yes, 2018
This bibliography is from a panel presentation at the 2017 ACL Conference. The goal of this panel was to explore different rationales or sets of values that illustrated the continuation of the reference desk and reference service as essential to the ...
Jones, Alison   +3 more
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An Analysis of Mixed Initiative and Collaboration in Information-Seeking Dialogues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The ability to engage in mixed-initiative interaction is one of the core requirements for a conversational search system. How to achieve this is poorly understood.
de Rijke, Maarten   +2 more
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Information Outlook, July 2006 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Volume 10, Issue 7https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_io_2006/1006/thumbnail ...
Special Libraries Association
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Brain muscarinic cholinergic receptors in Huntington's disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
Muscarinic cholinergic receptors and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity were studied in postmortem brain tissue from patients with Huntington's disease and matched control subjects.
Agid, Y.   +4 more
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Librarians On Call: an instant messaging enquiry service for Open University distance learners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
From March 4 – May 31 2002, The Open University Library piloted a new, instant messaging enquiry service for use by its distance learners, called Librarians On Call.
Payne, Georgina, Perrott, Michelle
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Connecting to Students: Launching Instant Messaging Reference at Binghamton University [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Binghamton University Libraries implemented an IM reference service using the Trillian client to monitor multiple IM accounts at two distinct reference service points.
Brown, Elizabeth   +2 more
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An analytical survey of chat reference services [PDF]

open access: yesReference Services Review, 2001
There has been in recent years a surge of interest about new software products that make it possible for libraries to offer assistance to online users via chat. Such software offers far more interactivity than instant messaging programs and allow for a richer experience for both librarian and user.
openaire   +1 more source

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