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Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2010 Objective – To evaluate the quality of academic libraries’ virtual reference services and measure compliance to the Reference & User Services Association’s (RUSA’s) Guidelines for Virtual Reference & User Services.Design – Qualitative research study ...
Annie M. Hughes
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Virtual Reference Services through Web Search Engines: Study of Academic Libraries in Pakistan
Publications, 2017 Web search engines (WSE) are powerful and popular tools in the field of information service management. This study is an attempt to examine the impact and usefulness of web search engines in providing virtual reference services (VRS) within academic ...
Rubia Khan +3 more
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An International Comparison of Virtual Reference Services
Reference & User Services Quarterly, 2010 In an attempt to determine and compare the nature of virtual reference services in both academic and public libraries outside the United States, we analyzed data compiled from webform transactions e-mailed to and from libraries via the Question-Point virtual reference service.
Lawrence Olszewski, Paula Rumbaugh
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Physics‐Embedded Neural Network: A Novel Approach to Design Polymeric Materials
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Traditional black‐box models for polymer mechanics rely solely on data and lack physical interpretability. This work presents a physics‐embedded neural network (PENN) that integrates constitutive equations into machine learning. The approach ensures reliable stress predictions, provides interpretable parameters, and enables performance‐driven, inverse ...
Siqi Zhan +8 more
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IM a Librarian: Extending Virtual Reference Services through Instant Messaging and Chat Widgets
Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2008 This paper reports the findings of a study developed to evaluate the suitability and potential of Instant Messaging (IM) for the Novanet Live Help service. Both IM and the existing commercial Virtual Reference (VR) software were offered in tandem for one
Linda Bedwell +3 more
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Information Outlook, July 2006 [PDF]
, 2005 Volume 10, Issue 7https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/sla_io_2006/1006/thumbnail ...
Special Libraries Association
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Multimodal Wearable Biosensing Meets Multidomain AI: A Pathway to Decentralized Healthcare
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Multimodal biosensing meets multidomain AI. Wearable biosensors capture complementary biochemical and physiological signals, while cross‐device, population‐aware learning aligns noisy, heterogeneous streams. This Review distills key sensing modalities, fusion and calibration strategies, and privacy‐preserving deployment pathways that transform ...
Chenshu Liu +10 more
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Social Q&A’s Enlightenment to the Library Virtual Reference Service
Zhishi guanli luntan, 2017 [Purpose/significance] Under the circumstance of Web2.0, the social Q&As, possessing the similar functions of the library virtual reference services, emerge consequently and enjoy ...
Yang Yukun
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Creating a Knowledge Base: Analyzing a Veteran Reference Librarian's Brain [PDF]
, 2006 Virtual reference transactions provided a solution to a knowledge-management problem at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Library. Online reference services, real-time and e-mail, allow for the development of a knowledge base.
Copeland, Andrea J. +2 more
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Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factor APOE4 Exerts Dimorphic Effects on Female Bone
Advanced Science, EarlyView.In aging bone, osteocytes accumulate neurodegenerative risk factor Apolipoprotein E (APOE). A humanized version of the Alzheimer's disease risk allele APOE4 altered the mouse bone transcriptome and proteome, with effects in female bone surpassing the brain, including bone fragility due to suppressed osteocytic maintenance of bone quality, identifying ...
Charles A. Schurman +15 more
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