Ask! Your Library at the HUB: Penn State Libraries’ Experiences Providing Reference Services at the Campus Student Union Building

Ask! Your Library at the HUB: Penn State Libraries’ Experiences Providing Reference Services at the Campus Student Union Building

Show other versions (1)

The Web 2.0 generation presents many service challenges to libraries. College students of today have work styles that emphasize collaboration, preference for flexible and comfortable spaces, and independent discovery of information. Given that challenge, it is important for libraries to experiment...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anne Charlotte Behler, Wendy J. Girven
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Partnership 2008-06-01
Series:Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research
Online Access:https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/332
id doaj-b807beb589494024a00abc484d6a9982
record_format Article
spelling doaj-b807beb589494024a00abc484d6a99822020-11-25T00:22:21ZengThe PartnershipPartnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research1911-95932008-06-013110.21083/partnership.v3i1.332348Ask! Your Library at the HUB: Penn State Libraries’ Experiences Providing Reference Services at the Campus Student Union BuildingAnne Charlotte Behler0Wendy J. Girven1Penn State UniversityPenn State UniversityThe Web 2.0 generation presents many service challenges to libraries. College students of today have work styles that emphasize collaboration, preference for flexible and comfortable spaces, and independent discovery of information. Given that challenge, it is important for libraries to experiment with new and unique models of service. Librarians and Staff at the Penn State University Libraries explored offering library service at the main campus’s student union building during two trials, during the Spring and Fall semesters of 2006.https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/332
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Anne Charlotte Behler
Wendy J. Girven
spellingShingle Anne Charlotte Behler
Wendy J. Girven
Ask! Your Library at the HUB: Penn State Libraries’ Experiences Providing Reference Services at the Campus Student Union Building
Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research
author_facet Anne Charlotte Behler
Wendy J. Girven
author_sort Anne Charlotte Behler
title Ask! Your Library at the HUB: Penn State Libraries’ Experiences Providing Reference Services at the Campus Student Union Building
title_short Ask! Your Library at the HUB: Penn State Libraries’ Experiences Providing Reference Services at the Campus Student Union Building
title_full Ask! Your Library at the HUB: Penn State Libraries’ Experiences Providing Reference Services at the Campus Student Union Building
title_fullStr Ask! Your Library at the HUB: Penn State Libraries’ Experiences Providing Reference Services at the Campus Student Union Building
title_full_unstemmed Ask! Your Library at the HUB: Penn State Libraries’ Experiences Providing Reference Services at the Campus Student Union Building
title_sort ask! your library at the hub: penn state libraries’ experiences providing reference services at the campus student union building
publisher The Partnership
series Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research
issn 1911-9593
publishDate 2008-06-01
description The Web 2.0 generation presents many service challenges to libraries. College students of today have work styles that emphasize collaboration, preference for flexible and comfortable spaces, and independent discovery of information. Given that challenge, it is important for libraries to experiment with new and unique models of service. Librarians and Staff at the Penn State University Libraries explored offering library service at the main campus’s student union building during two trials, during the Spring and Fall semesters of 2006.
url https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/332
work_keys_str_mv AT annecharlottebehler askyourlibraryatthehubpennstatelibrariesexperiencesprovidingreferenceservicesatthecampusstudentunionbuilding
AT wendyjgirven askyourlibraryatthehubpennstatelibrariesexperiencesprovidingreferenceservicesatthecampusstudentunionbuilding
_version_ 1725360193398636544

Similar Items