Try, try again: Defining library research support beyond a “reference desk”
Allison Benedetti and Doug Worsham
UCLA Library research services
Undergraduates (Powell)
Humanities/Social Sciences/Area Studies (YRL)
Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL)
Reference Service before 2011
Reference Service in the Reading Room
Reference/Research Help -- Fall 2013
Powell Library Reference Desk
Librarians help student learn.
Librarians train part-time MLIS graduate student employees to help students, too. ��
Librarians train full-time reference assistants + part-time MLIS graduate students + peer consultants to help students, too.
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Graduate Student�Inquiry Specialists
Undergraduate Inquiry Specialists
Inquiry Librarians
220 Powell - InqSpace
Research Consultations
Try, try again (again)
Discussion Time!
Challenges
Challenges / Solutions
Thank you!
Contact us:
Allison Benedetti, Librarian for Advanced Research and Engagement abenedetti@library.ucla.edu
Doug Worsham, Teaching and Learning Services Coordinator dworsham@library.ucla.edu