This week’s question comes from WebJunction member robert.fiedler: “I am the information pathfinder (certainly a dated term) at a medium sized public library (our population is about 23,000) and I have just finished the process of weeding our Reference Area although how successful this has been remains to be seen. None-the-less, I am interested to know what anyone in a similar sized library or smaller has done with their reference area, what print sources you have maintained, what online databases/eBooks you have acquired and basically just how you have re-thought what reference means to your community and how that is reflected in the physical space of the library. This is rather exploratory so any thoughts, questions, suggestions would be welcome. Thanks, Bobby”

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