The desk and beyond
Subtitle: next generation reference services
By: edited by Sarah K. Steiner and M. Leslie Madden.
Contributors: Steiner, Sarah K.; Madden, M. Leslie.
Publisher: Association of College and Research Libraries
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780838909645
Subjects: Academic libraries -- Reference services -- United States; Electronic reference services (Libraries) -- United States; Internet in library reference services -- United States; Library information desks -- United States; Reference services (Libraries) -- Forecasting; Reference librarians -- Effect of technological innovations on
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What is common about learning commons? : a look at the reference desk in this changing environment / Tim Daniels, Caroline Cason Barratt; title: Personalizing the library via research consultations / Iris Jastram and Ann Zawistoski; title: Reaching beyond the walls of the library / Brenda L. Johnson and Laurie A. Alexander; title: Solution focused reference : counselor librarianship revisited / Ross T. LaBaugh; title: Embedded library, embedded librarian : strategies for providing reference services in online courseware / Meredith G. Farkas; title: The IM cometh : the future of chat reference / Stephen Francoeur; title: Friending our users : social networking and reference services / Cliff Landis; title: Preemptive reference : coming out from behind the desk / Brian S. Mathews; title: Wikis and collaborative reference services / John Russell; title: Get in the game : adapting library services to the needs of gamers / Chad Boeninger; title: From desk to Web : creating safety nets in the online library / Jerilyn Veldof; title: Be you, be unique : how to create competitive reference services by being strategically different / Jill S. Stover; title: Expanding patron services : effectively managing, training, and implementing new reference services / Jennifer Ander and Connie Strittmatter.