Editing Reference desk (section)

{{short description|Public service counter in a library}}
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[[Image:Historylink Ballardlib03.JPG|thumb|right|Librarian, [[Ballard Carnegie Library]], [[Seattle]], Washington {{circa|1907}}]]
The '''reference desk''' or '''information desk''' of a [[library]] is a public service counter where professional [[librarian]]s provide library users with direction to library materials, advice on library collections and services, and expertise on multiple kinds of information from multiple sources.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Masuchika |first=Glenn |date=2013-10-01 |title=The Reference Desk, Points-of-Sale, and the Building of Loyalty: Applications of Customer Relationship Management Techniques to Library Marketing |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2013.806236 |journal=The Reference Librarian |volume=54 |issue=4 |pages=320–331 |doi=10.1080/02763877.2013.806236 |s2cid=58648945 |issn=0276-3877|url-access=subscription }}</ref>