New Concepts in Digital Reference

by R. David Lankes

Let us start with a simple scenario: a man asks a woman "how high is Mount Everest?" The woman replies "29,029 feet." Nothing could be simpler. Now let us suppose that rather than standing in a room, or sitting on a bus, the man is at his desk and the woman is 300 miles away with the conversation taking place using e-mail. Still simple? Certainly--it happens every day. So why all the bother about digital (virtual, electronic, chat, etc.) reference?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031011317
• ISBN13: 9783031011313
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 63 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 7.5" x 9.3"