References service and resources were the main focus of this course. Topics also discussed included reader's advisory and reference service evaluation. Different types of reference queries and reference interviews were examined. An interview with a reference librarian and five hours of observation at a reference desk were completed and brought insight into various types reference work. A lesson plan involving reference skills was created.
Projects in this course involved extensively examining on-line and print resources. Researching these resources required analyzing aspects such as. scope, coverage, and reliability. In depth study of databases was extremely useful to me as I will be studying my school's databases, deciding whether or not to keep them and examining other available databases to see if they are a good fit for our building and its curriculum.
Readers' advisory, also a component of reference work, involves providing a patron with suitable materials appropriate to their wants and needs. There are numerous resources available both on-line and in database format to assist a librarian with this. Using such resources assists the librarian with this important task.
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