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Digital Reference Primer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sloan, Bernie)
Thu Aug 8 19:00:34 2002
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Digital/virtual reference services are a hot topic right now. I get quite a
few questions from people who are new to the topic. I've decided to put
together a basic, general introduction to digital reference services to help
newcomers get started.
This resource lists ten recommended general readings, selected for the
overviews they give of major issues; four bibliographies for locating
materials for further reading; five "directory" sites providing links to
interesting information on the topic; and information on two online
discussion groups that deal with digital reference.
It's available at: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~b-sloan/primer.htm
Let me know what you think...especially any suggestions for improvement.
And feel free to forward to other lists, or to use it wherever it comes in
handy.
Bernie Sloan
Senior Library Information Systems Consultant
University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting
338 Henry Administration Building
506 S. Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-4895
Fax: (217) 265-0454
E-mail: bernies@uillinois.edu
