{"title":"Providing a Social-Messaging-Based Research Help Service with No Funding at Sichuan University Library","authors":"Xiaomei Liu, Chongdong Wang","doi":"10.1080/10875301.2023.2197896","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This column shares the experience of using QQ, a Chinese social messaging tool, by Sichuan University Library in China, to provide an alternative informal reference service in addition to more traditional and formal methods of reference desk, telephone, online message/comment, and instruction, without additional funding.","PeriodicalId":35377,"journal":{"name":"Internet Reference Services Quarterly","volume":"27 1","pages":"197 - 201"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Internet Reference Services Quarterly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10875301.2023.2197896","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract This column shares the experience of using QQ, a Chinese social messaging tool, by Sichuan University Library in China, to provide an alternative informal reference service in addition to more traditional and formal methods of reference desk, telephone, online message/comment, and instruction, without additional funding.
期刊介绍:
Internet Reference Services Quarterly tackles the tough job of keeping librarians up to date with the latest developments in Internet referencing and librarianship. This peer-reviewed quarterly journal is designed to function as a comprehensive information source librarians can turn to and count on for keeping up-to-date on emerging technological innovations, while emphasizing theoretical, research, and practical applications of Internet-related information services, sources, and resources. Librarians from any size or type of library in any discipline get the knowledge needed on how to best improve service through one of the most powerful reference tools available on the Internet.