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The Evaluation of the Feasibility of Establishing the Electronic Reference Services in Public Libraries of Guilan Province [PDF]

open access: yesبازیابی دانش و نظام‌های معنایی, 2017
The Aim of current research is to study the feasibility for initiating the electronic reference services in public libraries of Guilan province which are under the authority of Iran Public Libraries Foundation.
Roghayyeh Najafikhah   +2 more
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Personalized Genetic Testing and Norovirus Susceptibility

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2014
BACKGROUND: The availability of direct-to-consumer personalized genetic testing has enabled the public to access and interpret their own genetic information.
Natalie Prystajecky   +4 more
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Characterisation of IncI1 plasmids associated with change of phage type in isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

open access: yesBMC Microbiology, 2021
Background Acquisition of IncI1 plasmids by members of the Enterobacteriaceae sometimes leads to transfer of antimicrobial resistance and colicinogeny as well as change of phage type in Salmonella Typhimurium. Isolates of S.
Lester Hiley   +2 more
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Cultivating a community of practice: the evolution of a health information specialists program for public librarians

open access: yesJournal of the Medical Library Association, 2017
Background: To help improve the culture of health in Oklahoma—a state that frequently ranks poorly on multiple measures of health and wellness—faculty librarians from an academic health sciences library sought to create a collaborative network of health ...
Shari Clifton   +3 more
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A Librarian Consultation Service Improves Decision-Making and Saves Time for Primary Care Practitioners

open access: yesEvidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2009
A Review of: McGowan, Jessie, William Hogg, Craig Campbell, and Margo Rowan. “Just-in-Time Information Improved Decision-Making in Primary Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial.” PLoS ONE 3.11 (2008): e3785.
Heather Ganshorn
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The Analytical Reference Service

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1964
The Service was organized in 1953 by the Training Program of the Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center at the request of several state agencies which were keenly aware of a need for broad-scale evaluation of methods for water analysis. The Training Program was in a particularly advantageous position to respond to this need, as it is in continuous ...
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Service equality in virtual reference [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2008
AbstractResearch is divided about the potential of e‐service to bridge communication gaps, particularly to diverse user groups. According to the existing body of literature, e‐service may either increase or decrease the quality of service received. This study analyzes the level of service received by different genders and ethnic groups when academic ...
Pnina Shachaf   +2 more
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Standards for Virtual Reference Services [PDF]

open access: yesتحقیقات کتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی دانشگاهی, 2007
Nowadays, standard seems to be very important and necessary in all aspects of the life Including reference services in libraries. This article is to survey the role of standards in electronic reference services and also considers some sample application ...
Ashraf N.M. Tabatabaei   +1 more
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Transformation in the Role of University Libraries Following the Outbreak of the COVID-19 Epidemic [PDF]

open access: yesعلوم و فنون مدیریت اطلاعات
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the measures, strategies, and tools for providing services at Iran's top university libraries during the Covid-19 outbreak and the evolution of the role of university libraries.
Azam Najafqolinejad, Sedighe Shakerei
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Reference Service:

open access: yesThe Reference Librarian, 1961
where almost everyone else begins and define reference work, but I won't. Instead, I prefer to begin with the more logical beginning—the absence of reference service. Reference service is so much a commonplace of present-day American library practice that many of us have tended to regard it as an inherent element of librarianship, something that was ...
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