What does VRD stand for?

00 Paperback The virtual reference desk Z711 In the 1957 film Desk Set research librarian Katherine Hepburn valiantly resists both Spencer Tracy and the giant computer he is installing to do her work for her.

We do not sit at a virtual reference desk, and not all adults are librarians on the island.

Indiana University and the human-powered Internet search engine ChaCha are partnering to create a one-stop virtual reference desk that connects students with an array of experts and other help.

Under references, for instance, Purdue University Library's Virtual Reference Desk can supplement one's own books with dictionaries, phone books, maps, scientific data and other texts.

Among the libraries and other organizations profiled are: Pennsylvania State University, Syracuse University's Virtual Reference Desk, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Palomar College, The Library of Congress, the University of Florida, PA Librarian Live, the Douglas County Public Library, the Cleveland Public Library, Denver Public Library, OCLC, the New England Law Library Consortium, the Internet Public Library, Paradise Valley Community College, Yale University Law School, Oklahoma State University, Tutor.

00 Paperback The virtual reference desk series Z711 In this offshoot of the latest Virtual Reference Desk Conference for digital reference practitioners, Lankes (information studies, Syracuse U.

White Paper for the Virtual Reference Desk Web site.

The respondents indicated a preference for electronic communication with librarians, either via a virtual reference desk or e-mail.