The role of Information Literacy in the provision of virtual reference services at the enquiry desk.
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Abstract
Virtual Reference (VR) tools are a useful means of allowing remote interaction between librarians and library users. This paper focuses on the use of synchronous VR tools and their potential for fostering information literacy. The use of chat software, co-browse and Second Life was surveyed and follow-up interviews were undertaken. Conclusions: The three tools investigated all have merits as ways of promoting information literacy within VR services at the enquiry desk, with chat being the most popular because of its stable and user-friendly nature, and the ease with which it can be integrated with other products such as blogs, webpages and co-browse tools.
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BECK, Daniel.
The role of Information Literacy in the provision of virtual reference services at the enquiry desk..
Journal of Information Literacy, [S.l.], v. 4, n. 2, p. 91-94, nov. 2010.
ISSN 1750-5968.
Available at: <https://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/JIL/article/view/STU-V4-I2-2010>. Date accessed: 23 aug. 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.11645/4.2.1514.
Keywords
virtual reference; enquiry services; information literacy
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