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  1. Nicholas, D.: Assessing information needs : tools and techniques (1996) 0.03 
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    Date
    26. 2.2008 19:22:51
  2. Tague-Sutcliffe, J.: Measuring information : an information services perspective (1995) 0.03 
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    Footnote
    Rez. in: Information processing and management. 32(1996) no.3, S.389-391 (P.B. Kantor); Journal of academic librarianship 22(1996) no.2, S.147 (T.A. Brooks); Medical reference services quarterly 15(1996) no.2, S.109-110 (C. Gluck); JASIS 47(1996) no.10, S.794-795 (R. Losee)
  3. Härkönen, S.: Digital Reference Konsortien : Kooperative Online-Auskunft in Bibliotheken (2007) 0.02 
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    Content
    Bibliotheken befinden sich weltweit im Wandel. Der allgemeine Trend, Informationen in zunehmendem Maße (oder gar ausschließlich) aus dem Internet zu beziehen, hat Konsequenzen für die Konzeption des bibliothekarischen Informationsdienstes. Viele Bibliotheken bieten bereits einen digitalen Auskunftsdienst an. Zumeist wird dieser jedoch von einzelnen Bibliotheken bereitgestellt, die dadurch auf synergetische Effekte und Vorteile durch Zusammenarbeit verzichten. Abhilfe schaffen Informationsverbünde, in denen mehrere Bibliotheken arbeitsteilig digitalen Auskunftsdienst anbieten. Die Autorin Sonja Härkönen gibt einen Überblick über die Entwicklung solcher Digital Reference Konsortien in den USA, klärt die Begrifflichkeiten und stellt die verschiedenen Formen des Digital Reference Service vor. Darauf aufbauend diskutiert sie anhand von Praxisbeispielen die Vor- und Nachteile verschiedener konzeptioneller Modelle. Organisatorische und strukturelle Anregungen mit Blick auf das Bibliothekssystem in Deutschland zum Aufbau von kooperativen digitalen Auskunftsdiensten runden die vorliegende Untersuchung ab. Das Buch richtet sich an Entscheidungsträger in Bibliotheken und Verbänden, sowie an Projektmitarbeiter und -manager, die sich mit dem Thema des digitalen Auskunftsdienstes befassen.
    Date
    22. 8.2009 19:50:27
  4. Nicholas, D.: Assessing information needs : tools, techniques and concepts for the Internet age (2000) 0.02 
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  5. Davies, C.: Finding and knowing : the psychology of digital information use (2003) 0.02 
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  6. Ronan, J.S.: Chat reference : A guide to live virtual reference services (2003) 0.02 
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    Footnote
    Other recent works in this field include Marc Meola and Sam Stormont's 2002 "how to do it manual" for starting and operating live reference services, and Anne Grodzins Lipow's 2003 "handbook" for virtual reference librarians (Meola & Stormont, 2002; Lipow, 2003). As with Ronan's book, each of these is targeted toward librarians who are considering offering live interactive online reference services as part of a digital library presence. While Meola and Stormont provide extensive guidance an adapting chat services to specific staffing configurations and Lipow focuses more deeply an developing staff skills for the chat reference interaction, Ronan's book offers the most comprehensive overview for analyzing and selecting among chat reference software choices. Ronan's first two Chapters are focused an software choices. Chapter 1 describes "basic" software such as Internet Relay Chat (IRC), MOO, instant messaging, and Web-based chat, while Chapter 2 covers "advanced" options such as online distance education courseware and Web-based call center software. In Chapter 3, Ronan discusses the audience for chat reference services. Chapter 4 concerns the criteria for selecting "real time software" appropriate for the library and its users. Chapter 5 explores staffing models of all types, from recruitment of regular staff to work extra hours to outsourcing of chat reference work among vendors, consortia, and independent contractors.
    Training techniques are the focus in Chapter 6, including ways to relax trainees and reduce cognitive load as well as to maximize training utility when the software limits the number of logins available. Ronan covers everyday administration and policy issues in Chapters 7 and 8. These include a list of daily routines such as checking that the software is functioning, plus monthly routines of updating statistics, policies, and procedures. Chapter 9 offers guidance an the chat reference interview, which Ronan likens to "information therapy" within an online environment of diminished contextual cues. Marketing and publicity are discussed in Chapter 10, with advice an advertising and publicity campaigns as well as a checklist of 20 promotional strategies for attracting users to a new chat service (p. 165). In the final section of the book, Chapters 11-15 provide individual case studies written by six contributors describing how live different academic libraries have been able to launch and operate chat reference services using a variety of different types of software including instant messaging, MOO, Internet Relay Chat, and call center software. Each case study begins with a statement of the software used, launch date, staffing, and hours of the service, and most include statistical information an chat reference traffic. These final live chapters provide "voices from the front lines" giving details of individual librarians' experiences in launching chat services.
    Overall, Ronan's book serves as an excellent guide for librarians interested in launching chat reference services and provides a particularly comprehensive overview of software and considerations for selection and expansion. However, the strong focus an basic hands-on setup, administration, and management may limit the appeal of the book for other readers interested in exploring issues of chat reference service in a larger context-such as whether library schools are adequately preparing the next generation of librarians to function in this new virtual environment, or whether the volume of chat reference traffic sufficiently justifies a refocusing of resources and staffing from e-mail, telephone, and face-to-face service points, especially in a 24/7 context. As chat reference moves beyond text into voice and video, and as the current chat start-ups either disappear or become strongly integrated within digital libraries, there will be a continuing need for writers such as Ronan to move beyond the basics and guide us in considering the next steps and the transformations that online reference services are both creating and reflecting within our libraries and the larger society."
  7. Berinstein, P.: Communicating with library users : a self-study program (1994) 0.01 
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    Abstract
    This self-study workbook guides the librarian toward understanding of the library patron. Through examples and exercises, this workbook illustrates factors that influence communication and offers techniques librarians can adopt for effective interaction at the desk. Chapters include: the communication process, barriers to communication, understanding the user, reference librarian, know thyself, the reference interview and additional techniques for reducing noise
  8. Lipow, A.G.: ¬The virtual reference librarian's handbook (2003) 0.01 
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    Date
    22. 3.2004 14:46:50
    Footnote
    Rez. in BuB 56(2004) H.3: "Auskunfts- und Informationsdienst wird in den USA als unverzichtbare und wohl wichtigste bibliothekarische Tätigkeit betrachtet. Daher verwundert nicht, dass die Popularisierung des Internet Bibliothekare und Bibliotheken frühzeitig dazu veranlasst hat, ihre Auskunftsdienstleistungen im Web anzubieten. Dies geschah zunächst durch organisierte Auskunft per E-Mail, später per Webformular und vor allem seit 2000/2001 verstärkt per Chat. Als zusammenfassende Bezeichnung für diese Varianten wird meist der Begriff digital reference verwendet. In den USA, aber auch in Australien, Großbritannien oder Skandinavien schenkt man dem Thema Digital Reference schon seit mehreren Jahren größte Aufmerksamkeit. Die Zahl der bislang dazu publizierten Fachaufsätze lag Ende 2003 bereits weit über 600, jährlich im November findet seit 1999 die »Digital Reference Conference« statt, und mit DIG_REF sowie LiveReference existieren zwei Diskussionslisten, die sich ausschließlich mit Fragen bibliothekarischer Auskunft im Internet beschäftigen. Im vergangenen Jahr sind in den USA allein vier umfangreiche Monographien zu Digital Reference erschienen, darunter das hier zu besprechende Werk von Anne Lipow. ... Gegenwärtig deutet sich an, dass das Thema Digital Reference, Online-Auskunft oder Auskunft per Chat in deutschen Bibliotheken auf mehr Interesse stößt als in den vergangenen Jahren. Nachdem bislang vorwiegend (einige wenige) wissenschaftliche Bibliotheken ChatAuskunft anbieten, haben mehrere Öffentliche Bibliotheken, darunter die ZLB Berlin und die Stadtbücherei Frankfurt am Main, angekündigt, zukünftig auchAuskunftperChatanbieten zu wollen. Eine wichtige Rolle spielt in diesem Zusammenhang der weltweite Auskunftsverbund QuestionPoint, der von OCLC gemeinsam mit der Library of Congress betrieben wird. Sowohl denjenigen, die sich noch im Unklaren sind, als auch jenen, die entsprechende Planungen bereits beschlossen haben, kann der Band von Anne Lipow nur wärmstens empfohlen werden." (H. Rösch)
  9. Burger, R.H.: Information policy : a framework for evaluation and policy research (1993) 0.01 
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    Footnote
    Rez. in: Information processing and management 31(1995) no.1, S.142-143 (M. Mueller)
  10. Lankes, R.D.; Collins, J.W.; Kasowitz, A.S.: Digital reference service in the new millennium : planning, management, and evaluation (2000) 0.01 
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  11. Kashyap, V.; Sheth, A.: Information brokering across heterogeneous digital data : a metadata-based approach (2000) 0.01 
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  12. Snyder, H.; Davenport, E.: Costing and pricing in the digital age : a practical guide for information services (1997) 0.01 
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  13. Lankes, R.D.: New concepts in digital reference (2009) 0.01 
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    Abstract
    Let us start with a simple scenario: a man asks a woman "how high is Mount Everest?" The woman replies "29,029 feet." Nothing could be simpler. Now let us suppose that rather than standing in a room, or sitting on a bus, the man is at his desk and the woman is 300 miles away with the conversation taking place using e-mail. Still simple? Certainly--it happens every day. So why all the bother about digital (virtual, electronic, chat, etc.) reference? If the man is a pilot flying over Mount Everest, the answer matters. If you are a lawyer going to court, the identity of the woman is very important. Also, if you ever want to find the answer again, how that transaction took place matters a lot. Digital reference is a deceptively simple concept on its face: "the incorporation of human expertise into the information system." This lecture seeks to explore the question of how human expertise is incorporated into a variety of information systems, from libraries, to digital libraries, to information retrieval engines, to knowledge bases. What we learn through this endeavor, begun primarily in the library context, is that the models, methods, standards, and experiments in digital reference have wide applicability. We also catch a glimpse of an unfolding future in which ubiquitous computing makes the identification, interaction, and capture of expertise increasingly important. It is a future that is much more complex than we had anticipated. It is a future in which documents and artifacts are less important than the contexts of their creation and use.
    Content
    Table of Contents: Defining Reference in a Digital Age / Conversations / Digital Reference in Practice / Digital Reference an a New Future / Conclusion
  14. Hirko, B.; Ross, M.B.: Virtual reference training : the complete guide to providing anytime anywhere answers (2004) 0.01 
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    The real core of the SRVP, that is, the VRT training activities actually utilized by Washington State, are presented in Chapter Seven in roughly the same order as they took place in the course (train the trainer, orientation, chat practice, multitasking skills, virtual field trips, secret patron, transcript review, checking out the competition, policy and procedure review, sharing via a discussion list, and online meetings). Most interestingly, Chapter Eight deals with behavior, an issue rarely discussed in the context of librarianship, let alone providing reference services. As stated by the authors, "the most difficult aspect of digital reference service involves incorporating model reference interview techniques into an online transaction" (p. 74). The SVRP utilized an "online secret patron scenario" as a training tool that helped the student get the question straight, kept the customer informed, and provided the information required by the patron. The final chapter of the book reviews the important tasks of evaluation, modification, and follow-up. To that end, evaluative material is described and linked to Appendix A (assessment tools). In addition, evaluative tasks such as trainer debriefings and consultation with others participating in the SVRP are described. Finally, the chapter includes examples of unexpected consequences experienced in evaluating VRT services (from total inability to handle online transactions to poor marketing or branding of online services). Many useful appendices are included in this book. Appendix A provides examples of several assessment tools used during the "Anytime, Anywhere Answers" program. Appendix B consists of actual transcripts (edited) designed to illustrate good and bad virtual reference transactions. The transcripts illustrate transactions involving helping with homework, source citing, providing an opinion, suggesting print materials, and clarifying a question. This appendix should be required reading as it provides real-world examples of VRT in action. Appendix C is a copy of a VRT field trip questionnaire. The next appendix, like Appendix B, should be required reading as it includes an actual transcript from seven secret patron scenarios. A policies and procedures checklist is provided in Appendix E. Yet another critical source of information is presented in Appendix F, online meeting transcript. This transcript is the result of an online meeting conducted during a VRSP training class held in 2003. According to the authors, it is an example of the positive working relationship developed during a five-week learning course. The remaining appendices (G through 1) present information about support materials used in the VSRP, the VSRP budget, and trainer notes and tips. Clearly, VRT is a skill and resource that information professionals need to embrace, and this book does a fine job of outlining the essentials. It is apparent that the Washington State experience with VRT was a pioneering venture and is a model that other information professionals may seek to embrace, if not emulate, in developing their own VRT programs. However, this book is not a "complete guide" to VRT. There is too rapid development in virtual environments for any one to claim such an achievement. However, it is likely the most "complete" guide to the Washington State experience that will be published; therefore, this book should serve as a thorough and revelatory guide to VRT for several years to come."
  15. Ruiter, J. de: Aspects of dealing with digital information : "mature" novices on the Internet (2002) 0.01 
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    This article seeks to address the following questions: Why do certain people, who are fully information literate with printed materials, become hesitant and even reluctant when it comes to finding something on the Internet? And why do we, information professionals, find it difficult to support them adequately? Mature users of digital information are often skeptical about the value of the Internet as a source for professional information. Over the years much has been achieved, but many prophecies of the experts on digitalization from the early hours still have not yet been fulfilled. Mature users do possess all skills needed to be digital-information literate, but they need to be assisted in specific areas where those skills are insufficient. They tend to blame themselves even if shortcomings in accessibility of digital sources and computer errors obstruct their search. Operating hardware requires a dexterity that can only be acquired by experience. Instruction should be hands-on; demonstration is far less effective. Special attention should be given to reading and interpreting navigation information on the screen and to the search strategies the Internet requires. Use of imagination and trial-and-error methods are to be recommended in this respect.
  16. Härkönen, S.: Bibliothekarischer Auskunftsdienst im Informationsverbund : Digital Reference Konsortien in den USA (2003) 0.01 
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    Bibliotheken weltweit befinden sich im Wandel. Der Trend der Nutzer, Informationen immer häufiger zuerst, und teilweise sogar ausschließlich, im Internet zu suchen, erfordert Veränderungen in der Konzeption des bibliothekarischen Informationsdienstes. Um den Nutzer dann und dort zu erreichen, wo er Hilfe benötigt, bieten viele Bibliotheken bereits Digital Reference Service, digitalen Auskunftsdienst, an. Zumeist erfolgt dieser allerdings institutionsbezogen von einzelnen Bibliotheken, die dadurch auf synergetische Effekte und Vorteile durch Zusammenarbeit verzichten. Abhilfe könnten Informationsverbünde schaffen, in denen mehrere Bibliotheken arbeitsteilig digitalen Auskunftsdienst anbieten. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die Entwicklung solcher Digital Reference Konsortien in den USA näher zu beleuchten. Um den Einstieg in die Thematik zu erleichtern, werden in einem theoretischen Teil zuerst die Begrifflichkeiten geklärt und die verschiedenen Formen des Digital Reference Service dargestellt. Im weiteren Verlauf der Arbeit wird dann die praktische Anwendung des digitalen Informationsdienstes diskutiert. Zu diesem Zweck wurden repräsentativ zwei innovative US-amerikanische Projekte ausgewählt, die detailliert vorgestellt werden. Ein kurzer Überblick über die historische Entwicklung digitaler Informationsverbünde in den USA soll dabei als Hintergrund für die Einordnung der präsentierten Dienste dienen. Die Erfahrungen, die in diesen sehr unterschiedlichen Projekten gemacht worden sind, dienen anschließend als Basis für Überlegungen, wie derartige Konsortien in Deutschland aufgebaut werden könnten. Organisatorische und strukturelle Anregungen an das deutsche Bibliothekswesen zum Aufbau von kooperativen digitalen Auskunftsdiensten runden die vorliegende Arbeit ab.
  17. Wormell, I.: Success factors for fee-based information services (1996) 0.01 
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    Based on the results of a joint research project between NORDINFO and the British Library Research and Development Department, maps the skills, competencies, techniques and strategies of those who have been successful in practising information brokering and consultancy. Presents a thorough, comprehensive and practical compilation of the knowledge and experiences of a representative group of European experts
  18. Covert and overt : recollecting and connecting intelligence service and information science (2005) 0.01 
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    The role of technology in both intelligence and information science is just one question explored in Covert and Overt, which takes on more fundamental issues as well. Even the ubiquitous "What is information?" debate is revisited. But the questions asked are always subordinate to the overarching theme of bringing concepts and techniques of intelligence and information science together and examining the results. The process and lifecycle of intelligence is explored and mapped to information science methods, primarily indexing and information retrieval. In more historical explorations undertaken by contributors, it becomes apparent that intelligence and information science have always been closely aligned, but that this alignment is not always perceived by those engaged in intelligence work. Interestingly, and probably not surprisingly, a general consensus seems to be that library and information science practitioners involved in intelligence were (and are) more capable of seeing the complementary nature of the techniques information science brings to intelligence services than many intelligence professionals, who often needed demonstrations of efficacy to be convinced. Structurally, the book is divided into four parts, moving from anecdotal accounts through to discussions of definition and theory. Part 1, "Information Science and Intelligence: Reminiscences and Reflections from World War II to Today" is comprised of the personal stories of information scientists who also served as intelligence professionals at various times during and since World War II, collected from special panel presentations at the 2001 and 2002 American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) annual conferences. These contributors include former American and British servicemen and intelligence officers who all relate a common experience of dealing with information, documents, and other records in the pursuit of intelligence goals.
  19. Owen, T.: Success at the enquiry desk : Successful enquiry answering - every time (1998) 0.01 
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    An essential desk-book aiming to help the information professional to become self-sufficient in answering enquiries. Step by step, it guides the reader through all the stages of research, from finding out what the enquirer really wants, to providing a polished, value-added answer, including: Techniques for getting started - Tips for efficient search strategies - How much information to select - How to meet deadlines every time - How to choose between printed and electronic sources - What to do when the anser is nowhere to be found
  20. Coffman, S.: Going live : starting and running a virtual reference service (2003) 0.01 
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    If your customers don't sleep, why should your reference service? Online library reference services available 24/7 are offered in a growing number of institutions. With many models to choose from and more details to be worked out, it is a critical time for librarians to assess their patrons' needs and market their services to address these needs. Collecting and documenting what thousands of virtual reference librarians have learned over the past few years, this comprehensive guide provides a needed overview to help new and aspiring virtual reference library departments to understand the entire process and its ramifications. In a text supplemented with checklists so no key element is forgotten, this reference offers the real-world answers from Ieading experts to the most common questions: - Where has Web-based library reference come from and where is it going? - What is the best digital reference software to address specific needs? - How do they get hired and trained? - When and how does a library market such a radial new Service? - Why are evaluations and system enhancerncnts critical to the future of digital reference? With a look into the costs, and a look into the future, supplemented with the most comprehensive bibliography available an the topic, Going Live is a one-stop resource for getting started in digital reference services.

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