Reference consultation new theory

Author: Xia Hou Bing
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book strives to outline the complete system of reference consultation as a branch of library science, addressing the shortcomings of previous related works. It provides novel and substantial materials (many of which are based on the author's personal experience in providing 20 years of reference consultation services at the provincial library), to fully support the themes and arguments. The content is integrated with the emerging digital reference consultation in China, which helps to the gaps in early published works, reflects the evolving nature of reference consultation, and aims to assist the Chinese library community in advancing Internet-based Digital Reference Services (DRS). In terms of content structure, it emphasizes both practicality and theoretical depth to respond to the industry's call for "strengthening theoretical research in reference consultation."