For years, we’ve been hearing that traditional library reference service is dead. In reality, reference just disappeared, like Jimmy Hoffa. But unlike in the case of Hoffa, no one in the library field ...

This is a time of transition in academic libraries. Core functions -- like reference services, collection development, and preservation -- are being rethought and redefined as libraries move from ...

I grew up without a local public library. The Ramapo Catskill Library System in New York provided bookmobile service to my small town, so I at least had access to recreational reading, but it was ...

Late-night Internet surfing is changing the way reference librarians do business. But library officials say that doesn’t mean after-hours reference services such as Night Owl, an Arlington ...

Public libraries gather a wide variety of materials to build a local history reference collection (LHRC), everything from cemetery records to hand-tied flies for anglers’ poles to whatever patrons ...

Last portrait of James J. Hill taken in 1916 fronm "James J. Hill and the Opening of the Northwest," by Albro Martin. Oxford University Press, Fall 1976 James J. Hill Center officials announced ...

“Can athlete’s foot catch on fire?” “Do you guys need any tutors for football?” “Do you have anything to eat?” These and other urgent academic library reference questions are answered in this final ...