Monday, July 6, 2009

Librarians' Journal Club Article for 07/16/09 Meeting

Med Ref Serv Q. 2009 Summer;28(2):133-42.

Virtual reference: chat with us!

Lapidus M, Bond I.
Henrietta DeBenedictus Health Sciences Library, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

mariana.lapidus@mcphs.edu

Virtual chat services represent an exciting way to provide patrons of medical libraries with instant reference help in an academic environment. The purpose of this article is to examine the implementation, marketing process, use, and development of a virtual reference service initiated at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and its three-campus libraries. In addition, this paper will discuss practical recommendations for the future improvement of the service.

PMID: 19384714 [PubMed - in process]

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