The Digital Reference Fallacy
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2004
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Lankes, R. David
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This article discusses the fallacy that real-time and asynchronous digital reference software are fundamentally different. Instead the author argues that the only real difference is lag time, and that this difference does not support the separation of digital reference functions. An attempt is made to create a unified model for digital reference and digital reference functions. Lastly, the author presents some practical considerations for libraries seeking to purchase digital reference software
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“The Digital Reference Fallacy.” Lankes, R. D. 79/80. copublished simultaneously as Digital Reference Services Bill Katz (Ed.) Hawthorn Press; New York.