Reference Services in the Commons Environment

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2006

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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This review describes the services offered in an information commons that primarily serves undergraduate students at a large research university. This paper provides background information on the implementation of a learning or information commons and describes the effect of the commons environment on reference services and environment and highlights the importance of a strong relationship between libraries and information technology providers in developing successful public services in an information commons.

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information commons, research university, reference services, academic libraries

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Reference Services Review, Vol. 34 No.2, pp.248-60.

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