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About the Reference Center

In essence, the IPL Reference Center is a grand experiment. After a lot of talk about providing reference services over the Internet, we decided to seize the bull by the horns and actually try to do it. Whether we are successful or not, we hope that our experiences can serve as examples to the rest of the library and Internet communities.

We'd like to hear your comments on how we're doing, how we're not doing, and what you'd like to see in the future from the Reference Center. Please send your comments to ipl@ipl.org.

IPL Reference Center Mission & Goals

Mission:
  1. Support the mission and goals of the Internet Public Library
  2. Create, maintain and run a quality reference service, based on traditional library models, for the Internet community.

Goals:

  1. Have a system for answering reference questions sent by E-mail.
  2. Have a system for real-time reference via the Internet.
  3. Create/Gather and maintain a ready reference collection for use by the reference "staff" and the general "public".
  4. Involve reference librarians from the general Internet community.
You may also wish to see: Reference Center Help | Reference Center Staff | About the IPL

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Last updated July 1, 1998