Conducting the reference interview

Streaming video - 2014

Learn the stages of a reference interview and the behaviors necessary to conduct a successful reference interview. Produced with a content committee of reference librarians and trainers. The program also discusses the unique challenges of online reference interviews. "Although an online reference interview is a lot like that done in-person, the librarian needs to be also be able to emulate the unseen visual cues while conveying a sense of personality," according to Joe Thompson, previous project coordinator of Maryland ask us now!, and member of the content committee. “This valuable training resource presents a great deal of very useful information.” - School Library Journal. --“A terrific training tool for all types of lib...raries. Highly recommended.” - Video Librarian. more