Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges

The reference function has undergone changes in the variety of services offered and in the service itself. One area of change is in the deployment of the technologies used to meet the demands of users. Remote access by library users is a serious challenge to reference services. They must develop str...

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Main Author: Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Libraries 2009
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spelling iium-66792011-11-29T12:58:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6679/ Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri Z665 Library Science. Information Science The reference function has undergone changes in the variety of services offered and in the service itself. One area of change is in the deployment of the technologies used to meet the demands of users. Remote access by library users is a serious challenge to reference services. They must develop strategies to cope with the demands of the user for remote access. University of Nebraska--Lincoln Libraries 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6679/1/Library_Philosophy_and_Practice_2009.pdf Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri (2009) Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges. Library Philosophy and Practice. pp. 1-4. ISSN 1522-0222 http://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/lpp.htm
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Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges
description The reference function has undergone changes in the variety of services offered and in the service itself. One area of change is in the deployment of the technologies used to meet the demands of users. Remote access by library users is a serious challenge to reference services. They must develop strategies to cope with the demands of the user for remote access.
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title Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges
title_short Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges
title_full Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges
title_fullStr Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges
title_full_unstemmed Virtual reference service in the Muslim world: opportunities and challenges
title_sort virtual reference service in the muslim world: opportunities and challenges
publisher University of Nebraska--Lincoln Libraries
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