Reference services for remote users

Moss, Molly M.

Permalink

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/78257 Copy

Description

Title

Reference services for remote users

Author(s)

Moss, Molly M.

Issue Date

1997

Keyword(s)

• Distance education
• Reference services

Abstract

The option of taking a course through distance education is becoming more and more common. When academic institutions start to offer the option of distance learning, this has an impact on the library and the services that it must continue to provide. The library is responsible for providing off-campus students with the same services that are provided to on-campus students, although these services might not always be provided in the same way. Although there are many library services that are affected by this, only reference services will be explored here, with a focus on electronic reference services. This paper will serve two functions: first, it will serve as a limited review of some of the literature related to reference services for remote users; second, it will look at some of the specific reference services offered to remote users by academic libraries. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of the challenges of providing reference services for remote users.

Publisher

Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Series/Report Name or Number

Katharine Sharp Review ; no. 005, Summer, 1997

ISSN

1083-5261

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

Permalink

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/78257

Copyright and License Information

Copyright 1998 is held by Molly M. Moss

Owning Collections