Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges
The reference function has undergone changes in the variety of services offered and in the service itself. One area of change is in the deployment of the technologies used to meet the demands of users. Remote access by library users is a serious challenge to reference services. They must develop str...
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| description | The reference function has undergone changes in the variety of services offered and in the service itself. One area of change is in the deployment of the technologies used to meet the demands of users. Remote access by library users is a serious challenge to reference services. They must develop strategies to cope with the demands of the user for remote access. |
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| spelling | iium-66792011-11-29T12:58:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6679/ Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri Z665 Library Science. Information Science The reference function has undergone changes in the variety of services offered and in the service itself. One area of change is in the deployment of the technologies used to meet the demands of users. Remote access by library users is a serious challenge to reference services. They must develop strategies to cope with the demands of the user for remote access. University of Nebraska--Lincoln Libraries 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6679/1/Library_Philosophy_and_Practice_2009.pdf Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri (2009) Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges. Library Philosophy and Practice. pp. 1-4. ISSN 1522-0222 http://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/lpp.htm |
| spellingShingle | Z665 Library Science. Information Science Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges |
| title | Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges |
| title_full | Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges |
| title_fullStr | Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges |
| title_short | Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges |
| title_sort | virtual reference service in the muslim world: opportunities and challenges |
| topic | Z665 Library Science. Information Science |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/6679/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6679/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/6679/1/Library_Philosophy_and_Practice_2009.pdf |