The Effects on Government Documents Reference Service as a result of a Merger Between the Government Documents Department and Reference Department in an Academic Library

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  • February 28, 2019
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  • Urquhart, Nicole
    • Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
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  • This paper analyzes the results from a survey conducted regarding librarians' perceptions involving the merging of the government documents department with the reference department in academic libraries, and how reference service is thus affected. The consequences of a merger can be manifested in different ways and can often be the result of the way the actual merger was handled. The focus of this paper is whether the level of government documents reference service diminishes when the documents department is merged with the reference department in a library. The purpose of this study is to evaluate past experiences in order to provide a synthesis of experiences and lessons learned for those contemplating such a merger in the future.
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  • Van Fossen, Michael G.
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • December 10, 2010

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