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Ask! Your Library at the HUB: Penn State Libraries’ Experiences Providing Reference Services at the Campus Student Union Building

2008; The Partnership; Volume: 3; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.21083/partnership.v3i1.332

1911-9593

Anne Behler, Wendy Jo Girven,

Library Science and Administration

The Web 2.0 generation presents many service challenges to libraries. College students of today have work styles that emphasize collaboration, preference for flexible and comfortable spaces, and independent discovery of information. Given that challenge, it is important for libraries to experiment with new and unique models of service. Librarians and Staff at the Penn State University Libraries explored offering library service at the main campus’s student union building during two trials, during the Spring and Fall semesters of 2006.