Publication Date
1-2008
Document Type
Article
Keywords
Chat reference
Abstract
Thirty-one chat reference conversations were linguistically analyzed, compared to twenty-three instant messaging (IM) conversations held between students, and further correlated to students’ satisfaction with the reference interaction. Conversations between librarians and students in chat reference are more formal than those solely involving students, and the use of some linguistic patterns are correlated to user satisfaction.
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Recommended Citation
Maness, J. M. (2008). A linguistic analysis of chat reference conversations with 18-24 year-old college students. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 34(1), 31-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2007.11.008
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Published version may be found at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2007.11.008