When Marin mystery writer Joe Gores was researching his best-seller "Spade & Archer," he often took questions to Theresa McGovern, a reference librarian at the Fairfax Library. When he wondered what ...
It was with great interest that I read Scott Carlson’s “Are Reference Desks Dying Out?” (The Chronicle, April 20). While the beginning of the article gave a true picture of the work being done by ...
Irene Lopez, also known as Reenie to everyone who knows her, spends some of her busy life at the South Sioux City Library as ...
Technology and the Internet may be becoming more ingrained in people’s everyday lives, but there is still a need for the reference section at the library. Becki White, reference librarian at the ...
As of yesterday morning, students can ask a reference librarian questions about research at any time of the day (or night) through a new online service offered by the Boston Library Consortium (BLC).
Mike Perkins is part detective, part gopher. His not-so-secret weapon: information. Reference librarian Mike Perkins works the desk at Central Library tracking down information upon request. (IBJ ...
As far as the line of library patrons could tell, Anne Goetz and Hillary Ostlund are as good as , experts at everything. So the patrons waited for the two reference librarians, each customer turning ...
Between answering queries Wednesday, reference librarian Bill McHugh said a program offered to students via the University Library Web site makes the reference desk more accessible. “More and more ...
What is the phone number for Aldi supermarket? How do you use email? Can you appraise this antique item? Where is the nearest trustee’s office? What’s the weather forecast? These are just a few of the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. As society struggles with how best to combat the spread of digital ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. Perhaps the greatest irony of the digital era is that while Silicon ...
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