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| author | Bishop, Bradley Wade |
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| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | Can Consortial Reference Partners Answer Your Local Users' Library Questions? Bishop, Bradley Wade Academic Libraries Consortia Reference Services Librarians Computer Mediated Communication Content Analysis The purpose of this article is to explore location-based questions as a weakness of virtual reference consortia and discuss how to mitigate related issues. Content analysis of how both local and non-local academic librarians responded to location-based questions provides insight into considerations academic libraries must make when participating in a virtual reference consortia. Unobtrusive testing analyzed the local knowledge assumption that non-local librarians have difficulty answering questions about libraries beyond their own. The results from these two methods indicate academic librarians have some difficulties providing responses to library location-based questions and a discussion on overcoming this weakness is included. (Contains 3 tables and 36 notes.) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| id | eric_EJ987567 |
| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2012 |
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| spellingShingle | Can Consortial Reference Partners Answer Your Local Users' Library Questions? Bishop, Bradley Wade Academic Libraries Consortia Reference Services Librarians Computer Mediated Communication Content Analysis Can Consortial Reference Partners Answer Your Local Users' Library Questions? Bishop, Bradley Wade Academic Libraries Consortia Reference Services Librarians Computer Mediated Communication Content Analysis The purpose of this article is to explore location-based questions as a weakness of virtual reference consortia and discuss how to mitigate related issues. Content analysis of how both local and non-local academic librarians responded to location-based questions provides insight into considerations academic libraries must make when participating in a virtual reference consortia. Unobtrusive testing analyzed the local knowledge assumption that non-local librarians have difficulty answering questions about libraries beyond their own. The results from these two methods indicate academic librarians have some difficulties providing responses to library location-based questions and a discussion on overcoming this weakness is included. (Contains 3 tables and 36 notes.) |
| title | Can Consortial Reference Partners Answer Your Local Users' Library Questions? |
| topic | Academic Libraries Consortia Reference Services Librarians Computer Mediated Communication Content Analysis |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ987567 |