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Virtual Reference

The Reference Librarian, 2006
Explores virtual reference as a new career opportunity for librarians. Asks if this is a good, long career path, or if it will careen virtual reference librarians off into the slough of despond. The skills needed for the traditional reference librarian are compared to those needed by the virtual reference librarian; the challenges and advantages of ...
Mary-Carol Lindbloom   +4 more
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A new world for virtual reference

Library Hi Tech, 2008
PurposeThis paper aims to examine the emerging field of reference in virtual worlds and attempts to determine its place among existing reference services. The virtual world of Second Life is the focus for these virtual world services. Advantages of virtual world reference are highlighted and drawbacks are discussed.Design/methodology/approachThe paper ...
Krista Godfrey
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Inclusion of reference agents in a virtual reference environment

Proceedings of the Fourth Mexican International Conference on Computer Science, 2003. ENC 2003., 2004
Agents have been used to support a great diversity of tasks in digital libraries such as those related with services or information management. This paper describes the role of agents we have termed "reference agents" in a virtual reference environment which has been designed to support collaboration and reuse of knowledge.
Ma. Auxilio Medina   +2 more
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