id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-12715 Boyer, Laura M.; Theimer, William C. The Use and Training of Nonprofessional Personnel at Reference Desks in Selected College and Universities 1975-05-01 8 .pdf application/pdf 3863 188 54 From a tally of reference desk hours reported, it was found that 33 percent of the total hours the reference desk was staffed was filled by nonprofessionals (reference assistants and student assistants), while 67 percent of the total time was filled by professionals. Although students have been, and are being used at reference desks in many college and university libraries, this resource has not been developed as fully as perhaps it could be. cache/crl-12715.pdf txt/crl-12715.txt