It was with great interest that I read Scott Carlson’s “Are Reference Desks Dying Out?” (The Chronicle, April 20). While the beginning of the article gave a true picture of the work being done by ...
As of yesterday morning, students can ask a reference librarian questions about research at any time of the day (or night) through a new online service offered by the Boston Library Consortium (BLC).
Technology and the Internet may be becoming more ingrained in people’s everyday lives, but there is still a need for the reference section at the library. Becki White, reference librarian at the ...
Mike Perkins is part detective, part gopher. His not-so-secret weapon: information. Reference librarian Mike Perkins works the desk at Central Library tracking down information upon request. (IBJ ...
What is the phone number for Aldi supermarket? How do you use email? Can you appraise this antique item? Where is the nearest trustee’s office? What’s the weather forecast? These are just a few of the ...
As far as the line of library patrons could tell, Anne Goetz and Hillary Ostlund are as good as , experts at everything. So the patrons waited for the two reference librarians, each customer turning ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. Perhaps the greatest irony of the digital era is that while Silicon ...
I grew up without a local public library. The Ramapo Catskill Library System in New York provided bookmobile service to my small town, so I at least had access to recreational reading, but it was ...
Welcome back to another year at UMass Lowell! Whether you’re arriving on campus for the first time, a grad student beginning a research project or a faculty member setting up course reserves, the UML ...
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