Reference at a remote field station: a case study of ecology, environmental science and geology fieldwork at an embedded library

Purpose Field station libraries, particularly those serving biological and marine research stations, represent a unique but understudied class of special libraries. This case study investigates reference services at the remote University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS) to provide a baseline assessment of how such services support the information needs related to research in ecology, geology and environmental science. Design/methodology/approach The study recorded, coded and analyzed 209 re