Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, Monday announced a totally redesigned user interface for Gale Virtual ...

Shuler said creating a virtual reference desk requires library officials to set privacy policies, advertising guidelines and rotation schedules for librarians.

Virtual reference services have increasingly become an integral component of academic libraries, offering researchers and students immediate, remote access to expert assistance.

Updated Tuesday, August 5, 2014 – 14:52 If you are thinking about or are in the early stages of building a virtual reference service for your library, implementing a Virtual Reference Companion (VRC) ...

Gale will add approximately 750 new books focused on STEM, healthcare and K-12 topics to its e-book platform, Gale Virtual Reference Library, as a result of signing four new publishers.

In the 1990s, virtual reference blazed across the library sky, generating huge interest among librarians, and a new business for publishers and vendors. But virtual reference in public libraries ...

Resources such as Gale Virtual Reference Library and Britannica eBooks offer online access to hundreds of high-quality digital reference materials including encyclopedias, audio files, images ...

Reference & User Services Quarterly, Vol. 56, No. 1 (Fall 2016), pp. 36-46 (11 pages) Since their inception, virtual reference services have evolved considerably and are now a significant component of ...

The Haddonfield Public Library has added 20 new electronic titles to its virtual offerings.The reference materials – which range in subject matter from American history to fashion – are ...

In a move that is expected to save CCISD more than $1 million over the next three years, the district is building a virtual collection of reference books by purchasing the Gale Virtual Reference ...

“Our newly designed Gale Virtual Reference Library enables reference content to literally jump off the shelves – it's easy-to-use, and even easier for researchers to find exactly what they are looking ...