Myths and realities of digital reference services : Perspectives of libraries from developing countries / Ahmad Bakeri Abu Bakar

• Main Author: Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Library Science. Information Science
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3523/1/K_AHMAD%20BAKERI%20ABU%20BAKAR%20A-LIEP%20IM%2011.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/3523/

With the increasing availability of electronic information services and the emergence of the Web the notion of traditional reference services has been altered. Libraries in the US have begun to offer Web–based reference services which are termed ―digital‖ or ―virtual‖ reference services and those in...