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ERIC Number: EJ1066196
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Sep
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0870
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Where Do We Go from Here? Informing Academic Library Staffing through Reference Transaction Analysis
Bishop, Bradley Wade; Bartlett, Jennifer A.
College & Research Libraries, v74 n5 p489-500 Sep 2013
This study conducted a systematic sample of every 70th reference transaction from over a three-year period and analyzed 1,852 reference transactions asked at an academic library system's fifteen face-to-face (f2f) service points as well as via telephone, e-mail, and chat. Findings indicate two-thirds of the total questions asked were location-based questions about the library. Also, 80.2 percent of location-based questions and 77.2 percent of subject-based questions were asked f2f. Analysis of location-based reference questions informs effective deployment of librarians and staff at library service points as well as the development of mobile library apps.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kentucky
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