Telephone directory use in an academic library
Douglas J. Ernest
(Social sciences/humanities reference librarian at Morgan Library, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.)
Joan Beam
(Social sciences/humanities reference librarian at Morgan Library, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.)
Jennifer Monath
(Social sciences/humanities reference librarian at Morgan Library, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.)
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Abstract
Telephone directories have been an integral part of most public and academic libraries for nearly a century. Telephone directories represent an anomaly among library collections; known to virtually all users, they nevertheless often go unrecognized when librarians discuss reference sources. The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to examine the history of telephone directory collections; second, to describe and analyze a survey of telephone directory collection use.
Citation
Ernest, D.J., Beam, J. and Monath, J. (1992), "Telephone directory use in an academic library", Reference Services Review, Vol. 20 No. 1, pp. 49-80. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb049146
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1992, MCB UP Limited