Exploring the evolution of reference services literature using Reference Publication Year Spectroscopy (RPYS) by Afshin Mousavi Chelak, Ali Akbar Khasseh, Faramarz Soheili

“…Findings: Distribution of publications throughout the 19th century revealed 1 peak in 1876 for “Personal Relations between Librarians and Readers by Samuel Swett Green. Three peaks were identified in the 20th century, respectively in 1964 (related to Rothstein, “The measurement and evaluation of reference service”), 1982 (related to Katz, W. …”
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