Badabim,Badabum, That's Reference! |
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| Authors: | Anthony Verdesca |
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| Institution: | 1. The Warren Library , Palm Beach Atlantic University , West Palm Beach , FL anthony_verdesca@pba.edu |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT Reference Service has been regarded as a required course in the curricula at all levels of library education in Pakistan. An analysis of the contents of reference service course and teaching methodologies of the country's seven of the eight graduate library schools reveals that reference service practices of the 1960s and 1970s predominate, along with a wider absence of electronic reference sources and newer technologies, non-availability of competent teachers, and poor lab facilities. Suggestions include revision of curricula, arrangement to train reference teachers in developed countries, improvement of laboratories, and organization of continuing education programs. |
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| Keywords: | Pakistan reference librarianship reference service courses |
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