Document (#10811)

Author

Clark, J.M.
Cary, K.

Title

¬An approach to the evaluation of ready reference collections

Source

Reference services review. 23(1995) no.1, S.39-52

Year

1995

Abstract

At Virginia Commonwealth University's Library, the 200-title ready reference collection was obstructing service. In order to ascertain what books were really needed at the reference desk, all the books in the ready reference collection were reshelved in the reference stacks at the beginning of the 1991-92 academic year. During the first semester, books were placed on ready reference on the written recommendations of reference staff. At the end of the semester, the collection was reviewed by the department and 24 titles were approved. Such drastic action, Clark and Cary write, challenged their expertise and energized the staff. As needs, technology, staffing, and funding change, so must the format and content of ready reference collections

Theme

Informationsmittel

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