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Virtual Reference Services and Instruction
The Reference Librarian, 2006This paper assesses the incorporation of instruction in library virtual reference services (VRS), and explores whether the rate, and nature of instruction provided to patrons during VRS sessions is...
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MOOving Towards a Virtual Reference Service
The Reference Librarian, 1994Using the Internet and a software development program called LambdaMOO, it is possible to create a text-based and real-lime virtual reality for multiple users. In such a virtual reality, many simultaneous users can logon and communicate with each other, interact with programmed objects, and move around a virtual landscape (generically called a MOO ...
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Advantages of Library Virtual Reference Services
Bibliotekovedenie [Library and Information Science (Russia)], 2013Information service of users is the most important function of the foreign and the Russian libraries. Informatization and computerization change the user’s needs, professional qualities of librarian-specialist, component part of stock, technology and organization of library processes, and mainly reference service.
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Examining virtual reference services in academic libraries
Public Services Quarterly, 2020Virtual reference services, once considered an alternative to traditional in-person reference services, are now the norm.
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Planning, Implementing, and Using a Virtual Reference Service
Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2003Virtual reference (VR) can be a successful vehicle for libraries if there is a demonstrated need by the user base for such a service and if the library staff believes in, accepts, and plans thoroughly for the concept. This article focuses on the experiences of the Duke University Medical Center Library (DUMCL) in planning, implementing, and using a ...
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Promotion and Evaluation of a Virtual Live Reference Service
Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2003The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library began providing virtual live reference service in the fall of 2001. The library was interested in exploring new ways to interact with users accessing electronic resources from outside the library.
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Online students' use of virtual reference services
Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2018Central Michigan University (CMU) provides a unique opportunity to study the impact of the move from face-to-face to online classes on student use of virtual reference services.
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A reference model of virtual service production networks
Service Oriented Computing and Applications, 2008Virtual organisation of collaborative networks frequently demands for information and communication technology to support coordination of cross-organisational business process chains. Service-oriented software technologies provide promising means to regulate and enforce coordination of cross-organisational software service interactions but miss ...
Christian Zirpins, Wolfgang Emmerich
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Not Virtual, but a Real, Live, Online, Interactive Reference Service
Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2003In today's fast-paced environment, traditional medical reference services alone are not adequate to meet users' information needs. Efforts to find new ways to provide comprehensive service to users, where and when needed, have often included the use of new and developing technologies.
Lisa Lott, Jerant, Kenneth, Firestein
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InfoEyes Information Service: A Virtual Reference Service for Print-Impaired Individuals
The Reference Librarian, 2009This article discusses the InfoEyes Information Service, an innovative virtual reference service for individuals who are print-impaired, which began as a pilot project in 2004 and continues to serve this historically underserved population. The context for this discussion is framed by a brief historical summary of the provision of library services for ...
Linda Rossman, Catherine A. Durivage
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