Midwinter: Networking Reference Services

[Lyman Ross]

Networking Reference Services: 
The challenges and opportunities of the reference web page.

Sponsored by Managers in MARS and MARS Local Systems & Services

Sunday (1/11/1998)

2:00 - 4:00 pm

New Orleans Convention Center - room 57

The web is currently being used to network a variety of reference services
from bibliographic and full-text databases to tutorials and expert systems.
 Providing reference services in a networked environment makes it possible
to assist a larger base of users and to provide patrons with more immediate
help.  The networked environment also poses many challenges.   Will
libraries continue to need a separate reference collection?  How can we
best direct network users to our reference services?  Will licensing
restrict access?  
Should reference services be outsourced?  Join us for a lively and open
discussion of this important topic.





Lyman Ross
Online Database Coordinator
Bailey/Howe Library
University of Vermont

lross at zoo.uvm.edu
tel: (802)656-4508
fax: (802) 656-4038