What is it about?

This article explains how we started and evaluated a "Laptop Librarian" service, where librarians went with a laptop to research buildings and provided information for staff working there.

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Why is it important?

At the time we started this service and wrote this article, there weren't many publications that talked about outreach services like this, especially in our type of setting.

Perspectives

Starting the "Laptop Librarian" service was a great experience. I met people who I normally would not have encountered, and that is the whole point of a service like this.

Mrs Tracie E Frederick
National Institutes of Health

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This page is a summary of: Evaluation of a Library Outreach Program to Research Labs, Medical Reference Services Quarterly, July 2010, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2010.494489.
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