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Reference 2001: A Director’s Admonitions
Portal: Libraries and the Academy
  • Robert A. Seal, Loyola University Chicago
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2001
Pages
139-150
Publisher Name
Johns Hopkins University Press
Abstract

Reflections on professional roles and responsibilities are explored, as well as the opportunities and challenges facing academic reference librarians. The information environment has been transformed by technology and the Web, and will continue its exponential change. What's coming? What endures? How will we thrive? Whatever approach we take, it is essential to remember that maintaining the status quo is not good enough to meet the changing needs and expectations of library clientele.

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This article first appeared in portal: Libraries and the Academy 1.2 (2001) 139-150. Reprinted with permission by The Johns Hopkins University Press.

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Citation Information
Seal, Robert A. “Reference 2001: A Director’s Admonitions.” Portal: Libraries and the Academy 1, no. 2 (2001): 139-150.