New articles: fake news in Nigeria; anxiety management; social media use in COVID; personal librarians; reference desk

The latest issue of priced publication Reference Services Review is Volume 49 Issue 1. It includes:
- Information literacy competence in curtailing fake news about the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduates in Nigeria by Magnus Osahon Igbinovia, Omorodion Okuonghae, John Oluwaseye Adebayo
- COVID-19 and library social media use by Alexandros Koulouris, Eftichia Vraimaki, Maria Koloniari
- Fulfilling information needs by classifying complex patron needs by Charles R. Senteio, Kaitlin E. Montague, Stacy Brody, Kristen B. Matteucci
- Communication-based approaches to library reference services: anxiety-uncertainty management as a model for communication breakdowns by Brady Lund
- Personal connections: one library’s history of personal librarian by Elise Ferer ("the “intent of a personal librarian program is to build long-term, one-on-one connections that allow students to have the confidence and resources to be successful in the skill sets that librarians particularly seek to instill in them”)
- Is the reference desk used for reference interviews by Idunn Bøyum, Katriina Byström, Nils Pharo
- Referring academic library chat reference patrons: how subject librarians decide by Paula R. Dempsey Go to https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0090-7324/vol/49/iss/1

Photo by Sheila Webber: fallen cherry blossom  and bluebells, April 2021