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ERIC Number: EJ633106
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0163-5506
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Who Wants To Know? Imposed Queries in the Public Library.
Gross, Melissa; Saxton, Matthew L.
Public Libraries, v40 n3 p170-76 May-Jun 2001
Discussion of library users who seek information for others focuses on a study of public library adult reference desks that identifies the relationships between agents and imposers that motivate reference desk use and describes agent users in terms of their self-reported education levels and frequency of library and reference desk use. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Educational Background, Information Needs, Information Seeking, Library Services, Public Libraries, Reference Services, Use Studies, User Needs (Information)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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