id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt ital-9098 Terrell, Heather B. Reference is Dead, Long Live Reference: Electronic Collections in the Digital Age 2015-12-22 8 .pdf application/pdf 3673 163 49 The expectation for print reference collections is that they are comprised of high-use materials—the very reason for their designation as noncirculating items is ostensibly so that materials are available for on-demand access by both patrons and staff, who use them frequently. Certain objections to removing print reference collections to closed stacks and using the newly freed public space to build a cooperative learning commons, for instance, tend to devolve into hysterics about the potentiality of libraries becoming “no better than a Starbucks.” cache/ital-9098.pdf txt/ital-9098.txt