Reference Services Review: Volume 33 Issue 3

Distinct and expanded roles for reference librarians

Ilene F. Rockman

Proposes advocating that reference librarians have a distinct and important role in the development, management, dissemination, and sustainability of institutional repositories.

The role of reference librarians in institutional repositories

Charles W. Bailey

This paper proposes explaining institutional repositories (IRs) and open access, discussing the relationship of open access to IRs, and examining the possible roles of reference…

Changing roles of reference librarians: the case of the HKUST Institutional Repository

Diana L.H. Chan, Catherine S.Y. Kwok, Steve K.F. Yip

This paper proposes describing how reference librarians in an academic library recruit content for its institutional repository, and how their roles have been changed in the…

Reference librarians and the success of institutional repositories

Suzanne Bell, Nancy Fried Foster, Susan Gibbons

The purpose of this paper is to review the purpose, methods, and selected results of a study of faculty work practices, especially as they bear on the creation, location, and use…

The evolving impact of institutional repositories on reference librarians

Marianne A. Buehler, Adwoa Boateng

The paper's purpose is to share the insights that the staff of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Libraries (Wallace Library, RIT Archives, and the Cary Collection…

Leading roles for reference librarians in institutional repositories: One library's experience

Holly Phillips, Richard Carr, Janis Teal

Aims to describe one academic health science center library's experience with expanding reference librarian leadership roles in implementing institutional repository initiatives.

Content in, content out: the dual roles of the reference librarian in institutional repositories

Barbara Jenkins, Elizabeth Breakstone, Carol Hixson

The development of institutional repositories has typically involved administrative and technical staff from libraries and campuses, with little input from reference librarians…

The librarian's role in institutional repositories: A content analysis of the literature

Suzie Allard, Thura R. Mack, Melanie Feltner‐Reichert

This paper aims to identify topics that are being addressed in the institutional repository (IR) literature, and to determine what the role of the librarian will be in IR projects.

Digitizing a gap: a state‐wide institutional repository project

John‐Bauer Graham, Bethany Latham Skaggs, Kimberly Weatherford Stevens

This study aims to illustrate how one medium‐sized academic library was able to use a web‐based digitization and repository project to increase and promote communication and…

Open access webliography

Adrian K. Ho, Charles W. Bailey

The paper aims to present a wide range of useful freely available internet resources (e.g. directories, e‐journals, FAQs, mailing lists, and weblogs) that allow the reader to…