TY - JOUR AU1 - Michael M. Smith AU2 - Barbara A. Pietraszewski AB - While many academic libraries are reporting fewer reference interactions, gate counts are not dropping at the same rate. To many students, asking questions is taking a risk that they will appear unknowledgeable. Librarians have branched out to find new ways to communicate with these students. This article describes the creation and testing of a roving reference strategy at the Texas A&M University Libraries that sought to re‐establish the face‐to‐face element by going directly to the student. Tablet PC technology was evaluated and utilized as a means to equip the librarians with the necessary electronic access as they roved in student study areas. TI - Enabling the roving reference librarian: wireless access with tablet PCs JF - Reference Services Review DO - 10.1108/00907320410553650 DA - 2004-09-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/enabling-the-roving-reference-librarian-wireless-access-with-tablet-aseiVDwfRX SP - 249 EP - 255 VL - 32 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve