Academic medical librarians and video consultations: our new normal.
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in video research consultations has rapidly expanded. This study aimed to characterize the current state of academic health sciences librarians' practices and perspectives around this mode of consultation. We distributed a survey, which received 124...
| Publicado en: | Medical Reference Services Quarterly Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 78 - 94 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan-Mar2026
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