The Reference Interview Today
About this book
Learn and perfect the skills needed to conduct satisfying reference interviews in the modern technological environment with this easy-to-use guide. In today's technology-driven world, reference librarians must serve users who come into the building as well as remote users who ask via various digital means. With virtual reference and social networking tools now commonplace, reference questions have become more complex and interdisciplinary. The Reference Interview Today will help reference librarians decide which tools and strategies will best serve their diverse group of patronsāin person and in cyberspace. This text covers the skills needed for traditional face-to-face reference and how they can be applied in 2.0 media. Best practices for culturally diverse, disabled, and "difficult" patrons; strategies for public and academic libraries; and virtual technologies like Twitter and Second Life are described. Written by a practicing reference librarian, this invaluable book makes it easy to train paraprofessionals and serves as a guide for experienced librarians to hone their skills in new delivery methods.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction: You Don't Have to Learn It (All) Again
- Chapter 1. Reference Face- to-Face
- Chapter 2. Special Patrons and Questions
- Chapter 3. Cultural Differences
- Chapter 4. Live OnlineāChat, Push, and Cobrowsing
- Chapter 5. Short Burstsā Tweets, Text, and the Next Big Thing
- Chapter 6. Asynchronous Reference
- Chapter 7. Your Abilities with Disabilities
- Chapter 8. Virtual Reference in Second Life and Virtual Worlds
- Chapter 9. From Theory to PracticeāNew Librarians and Paraprofessionals
- Chapter 10. Special LibrariesāLaw, Medical, Corporate, Private, and Archives
- Chapter 11. I'm Asking for My ⦠Child, Friend, Parent, Boss
- Index
