The article, entitled “Digital Reference Research: Fusing Research and Practice” presents the Digital Reference Research agenda developed as a result of a three-day symposium at Harvard University. It shows how the research agenda ties directly to digital reference and library practice and argues that research and practice must connect on a meaningful level in order to prevent unusable research and untestable practice.
Digital Reference
“Digital Reference.” Lankes, R. David (2003). In Miriam Drake (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (2nd Edition). New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.
The Digital Reference Research Agenda
The Digital Reference Research Agenda. Lankes, R. David, Goodrum, A., and Nicholson, S. (Eds.). (2003). Publications In Librarianship, Association of College and Research Libraries; Chicago, IL.
The Digital Reference Fallacy
Current State of Digital Reference in Primary and Secondary Education
Digital Reference Triage: An Investigation using the Delphi Method into the Factors Influencing Question Routing and Assignment
Building an Education Infrastructure for Allied Health
“Building an Education Infrastructure for Allied Health.” Lankes, R. D. & Bonner, H. (2003). 32(1).Journal of Allied Health
Managing Data Collection for Real Time Reference: Lessons from the AskERIC Live! Experience
“Managing Data Collection for Real Time Reference: Lessons from the AskERIC Live! Experience.” Belanger, Y.M., Lankes, R.D., and Shostack, P.L. (2003). 8(1/2). Internet Reference Services Quarterly.
Cost, Statistics, Measures, and Standards for Digital Reference Services: A Preliminary View
“Cost, Statistics, Measures, and Standards for Digital Reference Services: A Preliminary View.” Lankes, R. D., Gross, M. & McClure, C. (2003). 51(3). Library Trends
Taxonomies for Automated Question Triage in Digital Reference
Taxonomies for Automated Question Triage in Digital Reference. Pomerantz, J., and Lankes, R. D. (2003). In C. C. Marshall, G. Henry and L. Delcambre (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2003 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, May 27-31 2003, Rice University, Houston, TX (pp. 119-121). Washington DC: IEEE Computer Society.