The Digital Reference Collection in Academic Libraries

Osorio, Nestor L. The Digital Reference Collection in Academic Libraries., 2012 . In Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries, IACRL, Oak Brook, IL USA, March 16, 2012. (Unpublished) [Conference paper]

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English abstract

Reference services and reference collections in academic libraries are going through significant changes. In this paper, some of the issues prevalent today in building and maintaining digital reference collections will be discussed, such as: presentation and organization, marketing, use, and selection of digital reference resources.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: Digital Reference Collections; Reference Collections - Marketing; Print Reference Collections;
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BG. Information dissemination and diffusion.
B. Information use and sociology of information > BH. Information needs and information requirements analysis.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HP. e-resources.
I. Information treatment for information services
I. Information treatment for information services > IJ. Reference work.
L. Information technology and library technology > LJ. Software.
Depositing user: Nestor L. Osorio
Date deposited: 07 Jan 2013 02:57
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:24
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/18162

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