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CD-ROM
Web-based Direct Online (Voyager)
Web-based Remote (subscription databases)
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1970’s fee-based remote online via Telnet› Intermediary gatekeepers do searching› Command line search syntax› Fees: connection, online time, file #, records
viewed, records printed› Federal database projects (ERIC, Medline,
Agricola)› Disciplinary database projects› Online catalogs begin in-house
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1980’s CD-ROM subscription databases and direct online catalogs› Library users searching on LAN PC
workstations and online catalog terminals› Intermediaries teach command line search
strategy, concept analysis, vocabulary, sources› Databases offered by increasing number of
vendors› Printing costs› Online catalogs networking via Internet
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1990’s Web-based databases and online catalogs
› Web search engines proliferate (1994)› Intermediaries teach Web search strategies› Form fill-in interfaces› Increasingly full text databases› Hyperlinks› Emergence of E-journals
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2000 - 2013› Web-based subscription databases› HL $2+m annual, medium sized research
library› Increasing numbers of E-journals & E-Books› Creating regional and local digital collections
of special materials› Federated searching and meta-search
capabilities
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2000 – 2013› Inviting user input: comments, ratings & reviews,
indexing & xml tags, E-reference, library blog, library wiki, library book club, library online community, bookmarking & tagging, Sharing, Liking, etc.
› Discovery services (Primo One Search)› Mobile access to library sites› Managing library Web sites, digital libraries &
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2000 – 2013› Canceling existing print subscriptions,
relinquishing the print archive model› Open access movement (ALA journals)› Open Source movement (Greenstone, Koala)› Institutional Repositories: digital archive model › Increasingly retrospective periodical databases
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2000 – 2013 › E-only libraries› Tablets for roving reference› RSS, screencasting, Webcasting, podcasting &
vodcasting, SMS reference› Social media: YouTube, LibraryThing, Facebook
, FourSquare› Second Life ALA & Community Virtual Library
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Fast Comprehensive Emailing and saving records
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Costly Complex Teaching Encourage impulsivity and less preparation
time
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Librarians must be highly search literate› Core course LIS 663 very important› Pre-req for HL LIS 690 reference internships
Attracts more people to library services Time to teach & explain at desk & while roving Time to learn new sources, sites & mobile devices Search results quick & deceptively satisfactory Time to fix equipment--frozen terminals, wireless
glitches, paper jams, toner change, printer card malfunction, system downtime
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Modes (asynchronous & synchronous)› Mobile or desktop› Email› Web forms› IM & Texting (SMS)› Chat› Blogs, Wikis
Consortia› 24/7 Reference (UHM Libraries)› QuestionPoint
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Lack of visual & auditory cues Total reliance on technology
› Patience is a virtue› Plan for technology challenges and delays
Requires adequate keyboarding skills Requires multi-tasking skills Increased awareness of user time, skills,
technology & environment Expanded user base outside traditional
geographic area & user groups
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Reference interview is the basis of accurate reference service in any format
Establishing a friendly, helpful tone at the start to make a person-to-person connection
Knowledge of reference tools & policies is essential
Referral to subject specialists Responding at a (not much) later time
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1. Be friendly & approachable
2. Use active listening3. Ask reference
interview questions4. Provide handouts5. Provide instruction in
how to use sources6. Ask follow-up
questions
1. Introduce self & use person’s (screen) name
2. Type “I see” “OK”3. Type reference
interview questions4. Push pages, give notes5. Escort through
resources6. Type follow-up
questions
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“Listen” (read) carefully. Paraphrase or summarize the question:
If I understand you correctly, you are looking for… (unscripted content)
Use open questions to get the essential information right away
Avoid library & technology jargon Take notes Follow through to solution (follow-up in
email)
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Use similar language & style of inquirer Use & interpret acronyms, abbreviations,
texting & emoticons› FYI, AKA, BTW, IMHO, :-), TTYL, BRB, AFK, LOL,
etc. Typing takes too long
› Online people are in a hurry› Send short, frequent messages› Create & use scripted messages› Use ellipses … to break up messages into
smaller components
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Work in a second browser window to search during silent or lag time› Users are multitasking!
Detecting if user is (still) there› Send a question to get the user to respond› Tell, do & ask when users act confused or lost› If disconnected, keep typing answer, transcript
automatically goes to user Email later to be sure they are satisfied
(follow-up questions)
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Mostly text chat/IM, voice chat available Immediately greet the avatar "Hello [insert
name here], welcome to the library." 50% use languages other than English,
avatar-librarians use a translator HUD Patience with language abilities, pacing,
lack of response, odd appearances Passing out Notecards with links to specific
inworld locations and descriptions Most questions relate to how the SL
interface works, then how to find people, places, and events
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DIG_REF listserv› Librarians experienced in VR› Comparison of product functionality› Advice› Consortia partners
OCLC research on virtual reference services (VRS)http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/synchronicity.html
Resources for Virtual Reference http://www.refdesk.com
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1. Become an excellent professional searcher
2. Continue to use best practices to search for and use controlled vocabulary and Boolean operators
3. Continue to learn features & functions in databases & print sources
4. Develop excellent reference interview skills--do a reference internship
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5. Continue to use best practices in reference interviewing skills, especially open questions & follow-up questions
6. Develop excellent research skills--invest in challenging courses
7. Develop broad-based knowledge of topics--read, read, read & actively participate widely in culture
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All assignments & extra credit due
by May 7 Papers may be
turned in via attachment or
Google document (Search Work
only)
Happy Summer!
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