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The future of reference: point‐of‐need reference service: no longer an afterthought

Anne Grodzins Lipow (Anne Grodzins Lipow is Director, Library Solutions Institute and Press, Berkeley, California, USA.)

Reference Services Review

ISSN: 0090-7324

Article publication date: 1 March 2003

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Abstract

Makes a strong case for reference librarians to invent their futures, urging them to promulgate new images of the work they perform. "Looks back" at reference librarianship from the year 2020, commenting on the world‐wide alliances of librarians, the library building, and the virtual environment.

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Grodzins Lipow, A. (2003), "The future of reference: point‐of‐need reference service: no longer an afterthought", Reference Services Review, Vol. 31 No. 1, pp. 31-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/00907320310460870

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