Assessing reference and user services in a digital age / Eric Novotny, editor. - Binghamton, NY : Haworth Information Press, c2006. - xvii, 236 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Published also as v. 46, no. 95/96, 2006 of the Reference librarian.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Benchmarking librarian performance in chat reference / Loree Hyde, Caleb Tucker-Raymond -- Same questions, different venue : an analysis of in-person and online questions / Joseph Fennewald -- Listening to our users : system migration and the evaluation of Web-based library services / Laurie Probst, Michael Pelikan -- Evaluating virtual reference from the users' perspective / Kirsti Nilsen, Catherine Sheldrick Ross -- Balancing statewide and local digital reference service / Ruth Vondracek -- Looking at the bigger picture : an integrated approach to evaluation of chat reference services / M. Kathleen Kern -- Budget planning and performance measures for virtual reference services / Andrew Breidenbaugh -- VET : the virtual evaluation toolkit / Buff Hirko -- Assessing digital reference and online instructional services in an integrated public/university library / Lauren Miranda Gilbert ... [et al.] -- Costing reference : issues, approaches, and directions for research / Melissa Gross, Charles R. McClure, R. David Lankes -- Instruction in a virtual environment : assessing the needs for an online tutorial / Wendy holliday ... [et al.] -- Virtual reference services and instruction : an assessment / Lesley M. Moyo.

0789033496 (alk. paper) 9780789033499 (alk. paper) 078903350X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780789033505 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Electronic reference services (Libraries)--Evaluation.
Electronic reference services (Libraries)--United States--Case studies.

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