Reference Services Review: Volume 48 Issue 2

Editorial

Sarah Barbara Watstein

The moral arc of the library: what are our duties and limitations after 45?

Kelsey Cheshire, Jennifer Stout

This study aims to explore the question of whether or not librarians can ethically remain politically neutral in the wake of the 45th administration. The authors take a critical…

Graduate researchers’ perceptions and expectations: An exploratory study about reference and information services

Kanwal Ameen

This study aims to explore the perceptions and expectations of graduate research students regarding reference and information services. The purpose was also to determine the…

Instruction through virtual reference: mapping the ACRL framework

Rebecca Hill Renirie

The purpose of this study is to examine teaching intent of information literacy threshold concepts via asynchronous reference transactions. Instructional content in academic…

Teaching financial literacy through the use of market research and advertising instruction: A non traditional approach

Alyson Vaaler, Jennifer Wilhelm

The purpose of this paper is to describe how librarians used elements of market research, advertising and media literacy in a personal finance class.

A close look: roving reference in a community college library information commons

Eileen Hali Kramer

The purpose of this paper is to answer the questions: What challenges do students face in an information commons and how does roving reference help?.

Leveraging student expertise for niche services

Tara Radniecki, Mitch Winterman

The purpose of this paper is to investigate using student employees with expertise in niche areas to provide library services outside the traditional scope of full-time library…

Hosting Inspec on Engineering Village or Web of Science: A case study in comparing database platforms

James Thomas McAllister III, Nancy Stephanie Diaz

As library budgets continue to constrict, librarians will need to become more familiar with comparing database host platforms. This paper aims to compare Inspec on Elsevier’s…

No-show at the reference desk: perceptions of appointments

Maggie Clarke, Carolyn Caffrey

This study aims to explore the prevalence and librarian perceptions of no-show research appointments in academic libraries. These findings are examined in light of the literature…