More questions than answers; using an observational study to count reference activity

Date
2012
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Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Neal-Schuman
Abstract
In an effort to determine the nature of the questions being asked at the many library service desks across the University of Calgary, an observational study of reference desk activity was conducted in fall 2008 and winter 2009. The chapter reviews the methodology, results and conclusions. The results of the study led to a redesign of the reference service models at the University of Calgary.
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Keywords
Library & Information Science, reference services, academic libraries
Citation
Beatty, S. and C. Cloutier. ( 2012) More Questions than answers; using an observational study to count reference activity. In: Radford, M. (ed) Leading the reference renaissance; today's ideas for tomorrow's cutting-edge services. NY, Neal Schuman. p 125-138.