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Design an Ideal Digital Reference Service (DRS) Model for Academic Libraries

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Digital Libraries: International Collaboration and Cross-Fertilization (ICADL 2004)

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An investigation on digital reference service (DRS) has been carried out amongst 30 world top university libraries. This paper summarizes the recommendable elements of DRS in these libraries. Then the basic characteristics are generalized and an ideal DRS model including eight modules for academic libraries will be introduced.

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Guo, J., Pan, W., Zheng, Q., Huang, M., Yang, Z., Ye, Y. (2004). Design an Ideal Digital Reference Service (DRS) Model for Academic Libraries. In: Chen, Z., Chen, H., Miao, Q., Fu, Y., Fox, E., Lim, Ep. (eds) Digital Libraries: International Collaboration and Cross-Fertilization. ICADL 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3334. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30544-6_98

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