Reference Department and Irma Minerva
The library offers virtual Reference and Informational Services through Irma Minerva, the reference mascot. In addition, the department:
- Provides information and research assistance to library users, both on and off campus;
- Offers instruction in the retrieval and use of information resources to individuals and groups;
- Develops an effective reference collection, in print and electronic formats
- Serves as liaisons for the library, reaching out to academic units of the university; and
- Assists in the development and management of the libraries' collections.
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Famous quotes containing the words reference and/or department:
“I think, for the rest of my life, I shall refrain from looking up things. It is the most ravenous time-snatcher I know. You pull one book from the shelf, which carries a hint or a reference that sends you posthaste to another book, and that to successive others. It is incredible, the number of books you hopefully open and disappointedly close, only to take down another with the same result.”
—Carolyn Wells (1862–1942)
““Which is more important to you, your field or your children?” the department head asked. She replied, “That’s like asking me if I could walk better if you amputated my right leg or my left leg.””
—Anonymous Parent. As quoted in Women and the Work Family Dilemma, by Deborah J. Swiss and Judith P. Walker, ch. 2 (1993)