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The Region 4 collaborative virtual reference project.

Sandi K Parker·E Diane Johnson
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In May 2002, the Denison Memorial Library at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri-Columbia, with funding from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine-Midcontinental Region, embarked on a collaborative, real-time reference project using the 24/7 Reference, Inc., software package. This paper describes how the project was conceived, and includes details on the service hours, staffing, training, marketing, lessons learned, and future plans for the service.

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Sandi K Parker, E Diane Johnson. 2003. The Region 4 collaborative virtual reference project.. https://doi.org/10.1300/j115v22n02_03

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