1. STATUS OF REFERENCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES OF LAHORE, PAKISTAN.
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Rehman, Shafiqur and Mahmood, Khalid
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LIBRARY reference services , *INFORMATION services , *LIBRARIES , *ACADEMIC libraries - Abstract
This paper intends to investigate the existing reference services and resources in the University Libraries of Lahore (ULL), Pakistan. Keeping in view the importance of reference services, many studies have been conducted in the developed world, but in Pakistan the situation is not encouraging. Very few studies are conducted to find out the status of reference services in different libraries of Pakistan but there is no data available on reference services of ULL. Keeping in view the gaps and need of the time, the basic purpose of this survey is to get the broad understanding about different aspects of reference services especially the types of reference services, collection, staff, budget, physical facilities and digital reference services. The survey is limited to all ULL (N=17). The data was collected through mail, e-mail and personal visits. Findings of the study can be helpful for the library authorities and professionals for revisiting their reference services and sources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010