Is the need for mediated reference service in academic libraries fading away in the digital environment?

A Bandyopadhyay, MK Boyd-Byrnes - Reference Services Review, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose Academic libraries are experiencing numerous changes in their services due to
high demands for digital resources and changes in users' information needs and …

A systematic review of research on live chat service

ML Matteson, J Salamon, L Brewster - Reference and User Services …, 2011 - JSTOR
understandings about chat services and explore untapped or under researched areas of
chat service. Lankes, Gross, and McClure define digital reference as “human-intermediated …

[LIBRO][B] What are archives?: cultural and theoretical perspectives: a reader

L Craven - 2016 - api.taylorfrancis.com
This collection of essays breaks new ground in archival studies in the UK where
professional archival texts have traditionally concentrated on the how, not the why, of …

Library services and user satisfaction in develo** countries: a case study

MI Mairaj, MM Naseer - Health Information & Libraries Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) is a recognised teaching hospital
for cardiac care in the Punjab province of Pakistan. PIC has established a library to fulfil the …

User motivations for asking questions in online Q & A services

E Choi, C Shah - Journal of the Association for Information …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Online Q & A services are information sources where people identify their information need,
formulate the need in natural language, and interact with one another to satisfy their needs …

Social Q&A and virtual reference—comparing apples and oranges with the help of experts and users

C Shah, V Kitzie - Journal of the American Society for …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Online question‐answering (Q&A) services are becoming increasingly popular among
information seekers. We divide them into two categories, social Q&A (SQA) and virtual …

Factors influencing the adoption of digital reference services among the university librarians in Pakistan

A Khan, MN Masrek, K Mahmood, S Qutab - The Electronic Library, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to explore the factors affecting the adoption of digital reference
services (DRS) among the university librarians in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach …

A survey and empirical study of virtual reference service in academic libraries

X Mu, A Dimitroff, J Jordan, N Burclaff - The journal of academic …, 2011 - Elsevier
Virtual Reference Services (VRS) have high user satisfaction. The main problem is its low
usage. We surveyed 100 academic library web sites to understand how VRS are presented …

Virtual references services: defining the criteria and indicators to evaluate them

M Pinto, RA Manso - The electronic library, 2012 - emerald.com
Purpose–This paper aims to analyse the common features of the virtual reference services
provided by European and American libraries in order to evaluate the service from the user's …

Reference 2.0 in action: an evaluation of the digital reference services in selected Philippine academic libraries

MS Ramos, CM Abrigo - Library hi tech news, 2012 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to present the current status of digital reference
services (DRS) among selected academic libraries in the Philippines–the University Library …