What's Wrong with Collaborative Digital Reference?.

Coffman, Steve

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ERIC Number: EJ663158

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Publication Date: 2002

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What's Wrong with Collaborative Digital Reference?

Coffman, Steve

American Libraries, v33 n11 p56-58 Dec 2002

Questions the need for collaborative digital reference services among libraries. Discusses the lack of use among networks that have been developed, probably due to easy access to online resources; economic assumptions; setting standards for reference practice; automatic routing software; copyrights; and patron satisfaction. (LRW)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Copyrights, Economic Factors, Electronic Libraries, Library Cooperation, Library Services, Library Standards, Reference Services, User Satisfaction (Information)

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Language: English

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