Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

Taking library services outside of the library seems to be a growing trend in academic libraries, but is it really? In 2011 Stephan and Scott conducted an online survey of academic libraries to measure how and if off-site reference is being utilized in academic libraries in order to provide a snapshot of current and past off-site reference trends. Broken down into four sections, the poster will look at the four questions asked of survey participants:

  • · Those who currently hold off-site reference hours
  • · Those held off-site reference hours in the past but stopped
  • · Those who have never held off-site reference hours in the past, but plan to offer them in the future.
  • · Those who have never held off-site reference hours and would not consider it in the future

The poster will present, among other things, how programs were developed, if they were individual or library-wide programs, why programs stopped, and why people weren’t interested in holding off-site hours.

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