For years, we’ve been hearing that traditional library reference service is dead. In reality, reference just disappeared, like Jimmy Hoffa. But unlike in the case of Hoffa, no one in the library field ...

I grew up without a local public library. The Ramapo Catskill Library System in New York provided bookmobile service to my small town, so I at least had access to recreational reading, but it was ...

This is a time of transition in academic libraries. Core functions -- like reference services, collection development, and preservation -- are being rethought and redefined as libraries move from ...

The new Reference Room of the Gore Hall library adjoining the Delivery Room, has recently been opened. On one side will be found a few encyclopaedias, dictionaries, and general books of reference, of ...

From the archives: In 1996, Pioneer Press reporter Aaron Kahn wrote about the 75th anniversary of what was then known as the James J. Hill Reference Library. It is a look back at the world just before ...

Starting on Monday, members of the public will be able to use the World Wide Web to seek answers to reference questions from librarians around the world, including some at college libraries. The ...