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Volume 29, Issue 4
1 December 2001
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Technical Paper| December 01 2001

Personalized information clients: short answers to simple questions about “my library” services Available to Purchase

Jimmy Ghaphery;
Jimmy Ghaphery
Jimmy Ghaphery is Instructional Technology Librarian, Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Libraries, Richmond, Virginia, USA. E‐mail: jsghape@vcu.edu
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Martin Kesselman;
Martin Kesselman
Martin Kesselman is Information Services Librarian, Rutgers University, Douglass Library, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. E‐mail: Martyk@rci.rutgers.edu
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Sarah Barbara Watstein
Sarah Barbara Watstein
Sarah Barbara Watstein is Director, Academic User Services, Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Libraries, Richmond, Virginia, USA. E‐mail: Swatstei@vcu.edu
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Author & Article Information
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-1716
Print ISSN: 0090-7324
© MCB UP Limited
2001
Reference Services Review (2001) 29 (4): 276–281.
https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006489

Recent advancements in technology have inspired libraries to develop creatively customized services, or personalized information clients, allowing users to organize and manage Web sites for their personal interests and needs. One example of this customer orientation is the “my library” service, described in this series of questions and answers.

Keywords:
Information, Management, Library services, Technological innovation, Customization
© MCB UP Limited
2001
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