Conducting the Reference Interview

Learn the stages of a reference interview and the behaviors necessary to conduct a successful reference interview. Produced with a content committee of reference librarians and trainers. The program also discusses the unique challenges of online reference interviews. "Although an online reference interview is a lot like that done in-person, the librarian needs to be also be able to emulate the unseen visual cues while conveying a sense of personality," according to Joe Thompson, previous project coordinator of Maryland Ask Us Now!, and member of the content committee.

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