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ERIC Number: EJ488298
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0276-3877
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Improving Reference: Preliminary Thoughts on a Return to the Classroom.
Engeldinger, Eugene A.
Reference Librarian, n43 p183-93 1994
Discusses reference librarians' dissatisfaction with their profession and the resulting negative attitudes toward library education, the professional literature, and the users. Teaching reference courses is suggested as a method of overcoming these negative attitudes. (Contains three references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Burnout, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction, Librarian Attitudes, Librarians, Library Education, Library Services, Reference Services, Scholarly Journals, Teaching (Occupation), Users (Information)
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue topic: "Reference Services Planning in the 90s." Guest editors: Gail Z. Eckwright and Lori M. Keenan.