Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2000
Journal or Book Title
Reference & User Services Quarterly
Volume
40
Issue
1
First Page
61
Last Page
73
Abstract
This article examines the design characteristics of ready-reference and e-mail reference pages on the Web sites of 110 academic libraries in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Ninety-two of these libraries had both ready-reference and e-mail reference sections on their Web sites at the time of the survey. Characteristics examined for each site included the wording of page titles and links, numbers of steps from the library's home page to the service pages, organization schemes, timeliness of resources or responses, and additional means of communication available between patron and librarian.
Copyright Owner
American Library Association
Copyright Date
2000
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Stacy-Bates, Kristine K., "Ready-Reference Resources and E-Mail Reference on Academic ARL Web Sites" (2000). Reference and Instruction Publications and Papers. 44.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/refinst_pubs/44
Comments
This article is from Reference & User Services Quarterly 40 (2000): 61–73. Posted with permission.