Open AccessAmplify Your Impact: Throwing a Research Party, Deconstructing the Reference Desk: Bringing a Social Component to Research
Author(s) -
Jennifer Hunter,
Christina Riehman-Murphy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
reference and user services quarterly/reference and user services quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5242
pISSN - 1094-9054
DOI - 10.5860/rusq.56n3.168
Subject(s) - desk , throwing , reference desk , component (thermodynamics) , event (particle physics) , computer science , library science , social research , public relations , sociology , political science , engineering , social science , mechanical engineering , operating system , physics , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
In an era of declining reference statistics it is refreshing to read about creative ways libraries are encouraging students to use their services. Librarians at Penn State University’s Abington campus provide an example of a low-cost, high-impact event they piloted.—Editors