TY  - JOUR
AB  - Modern reference service is marked by four distinctive features: (1) the willingness and ability of librarians generally to give reference aid; (2) a staff devoted exclusively (or largely) to reference work; (3) reference collections stored on open shelves in rooms planned as reference quarters; and (4) ready guides to library resources (such as a dictionary catalogue and a precise scheme of classification).
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
SN  - 0024-2535
DO  - 10.1108/eb012104
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012104
AU  - KAPLAN LOUIS
PY  - 1947
Y1  - 1947/01/01
TI  - The Early History of Reference Service in the United States
T2  - Library Review
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 286
EP  - 290
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -