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Reference From Coast to Coast: Reference Reciprocity – Part 2

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:39:42 -0700

Jan Bissett and Margi Heinen address the learning opportunities that arise when a research assignment involves unfamiliar issues or areas.

Reference from Coast to Coast

Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:32:01 -0700

LLRX welcomes the return of intrepid research and reference experts Jan Bissett and Margi Heinen, whose suggestions in this column focus on efficient communications, establishing and maintaining productive professional relationships and as always, providing effective, comprehensive services.

Extras - The Reference Interview Online: A Cyber Dialog From Beginning to End

Mon, 18 Mar 2002 01:00:00 -0700

Robyn Rebollo is Head Law Librarian, Washington, D.C. & Tysons, Virginia,Greenberg Traurig

IM a Librarian: Establishing a Virtual Reference Service with Little Cost or Technical Skill

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:28:58 -0700

Bonnie Shucha explores the pros and cons of real-time communication, explains how real-time communication works in a library setting, and introduces two free, easy-to-use applications for virtual reference.

Introducing the Central Library of the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union and of the European Council

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:22:17 -0700

Carlo Marzocchi Head of Sector, Library & Information Service shared this announcement on the resources of Central Library Council of the European Union. The Council of the European Union is the European Union institution where the Member States' ministers responsible for specific areas (e.g. finance, health, education) meet to discuss issues of common concern within their countries. The European Council consists of the Heads of State, or Government, of the Member States, together with the President of the Council and the President of the Commission. The European Council provides the Union with the necessary impetus for its development and defines its general political directions and priorities. It does not exercise legislative functions. The administrative support to both institutions is ensured by the General Secretariat of the Council or GSC. The Central Library holds over 100,000 monographs and EU publications. Newspapers and periodicals from EU Member States are available in the reading room. The Official Journal of the European Communities is available on paper, on microfiche (until 1997), on CD-ROM (from 1998 on) and via internet.

Friends of Quinn and LD OnLine: Two good Web sites illustrate need for separate national digital library systems - public and academic

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 22:14:31 -0700

David H. Rothman highlights how two Web sites on learning disabilities demonstrate the need for separate but tightly intertwined national digital library systems - one system public, one academic. Collaborating with an academic system, a national digital public system could work with local library sites and public partners at different levels to provide the most trustworthy information available to all patrons.

Using tablet computers, e-libraries, and family literacy initiatives to encourage young children to read

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:40:58 -0700

David H. Rothman continues to articulate and comprehensively document the case that a public national digital library system should serve people of all income levels and all ages, centenarians included. In this article he focuses on how books for young, disadvantaged children are one area where it could make a special difference, and how better-off families would benefit along the way.