The desk and beyond next generation reference services edited by Sarah K. Steiner and M. Leslie Madden. - Chicago Association of College and Research Libraries 2008. - ix, 160 p. ill. 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

What is common about learning commons? : a look at the reference desk in this changing environment / Tim Daniels, Caroline Cason Barratt -- Personalizing the library via research consultations / Iris Jastram and Ann Zawistoski -- Reaching beyond the walls of the library / Brenda L. Johnson and Laurie A. Alexander -- Solution focused reference : counselor librarianship revisited / Ross T. LaBaugh -- Embedded library, embedded librarian : strategies for providing reference services in online courseware / Meredith G. Farkas -- The IM cometh : the future of chat reference / Stephen Francoeur -- Friending our users : social networking and reference services / Cliff Landis -- Preemptive reference : coming out from behind the desk / Brian S. Mathews -- Wikis and collaborative reference services / John Russell -- Get in the game : adapting library services to the needs of gamers / Chad Boeninger -- From desk to Web : creating safety nets in the online library / Jerilyn Veldof -- Be you, be unique : how to create competitive reference services by being strategically different / Jill S. Stover -- Expanding patron services : effectively managing, training, and implementing new reference services / Jennifer Ander and Connie Strittmatter.

9780838909645 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2008004797


Academic libraries--Reference services--United States.
Reference librarians--Effect of technological innovations on.
Library information desks--United States.
Internet in library reference services--United States.
Electronic reference services Libraries--United States.
Reference services (Libraries)--Forecasting.

Z675.U5 / D425 2008

025.52 / D459