New York Times, Friday, June 1, 2001 Cyber Law Journal: Controversial Ruling on Library Filters By CARL S. KAPLAN In early 1997, the Minneapolis Public Library...
Abe Anhang
aanhang@...
Jun 1, 2001 1:58 pm
3623
NOTICE OF VACANCY JOB OPENING #: 0001F020 REVISED CAMERON UNIVERSITY Instructor/Assistant Professor - Library POSITION: Instructor/Assistant professor, tenure...
Sherry Young
sherryy@...
Jun 1, 2001 2:10 pm
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Please Post... CORNELL U N I V E R S I T Y University Library Assistant Archivist, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell...
Susan Pickett
slp23@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:05 pm
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Greetings, We are looking into purchasing/subscribing to chat software for the Boston College libraries. I have a little bit of information about the following...
Kate Silfen
silfen@...
Jun 1, 2001 6:29 pm
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A question to those using live reference: Does it seem to take alot longer to do reference questions with all the typing back and forth and waiting for a...
Christy Coombs
ccombs@...
Jun 1, 2001 7:33 pm
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... I'm trying to figure out how long a trial runs before we have a solid cost benefit analysis of the service. According to 1931 LJ article on telephone...
Sara Weissman
weissman@...
Jun 1, 2001 8:20 pm
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REGISTER NOW FOR VIRTUAL REFERENCE MEETING AT ALA! Hear from four librarians who have implemented the Collaborative Digital Reference Service at their...
Digi Ref
digiref@...
Jun 1, 2001 8:39 pm
3629
... We are starting testing a service on Monday. I suspect that the slowness or speed of the session will be highly dependent on the typing/chat skills of...
JENNIFER A. HEISE
jahb@...
Jun 1, 2001 10:49 pm
3630
... the typing back and forth and waiting for a reply? Having done chat for 3hrs/wk for a year, when we set up Homework Chat I asked everyone to brainstorm...
Sara Weissman
weissman@...
Jun 1, 2001 11:12 pm
3631
The 24/7 Reference <http://www.247ref.org> web collaboration system (blatant plug) has a unique feature to aid Librarians in scripting responses. In addition...
Cary Gordon
listuser@...
Jun 2, 2001 5:20 pm
3632
I suggest that you look at 24/7 Reference <http://www.247ref.org>, which offers an interactive web collaboration system optimized for use in a library setting....
Cary Gordon
listuser@...
Jun 2, 2001 7:47 pm
3633
I want to thank Sara for raising a few points that have helped clarify my thinking on this a bit. The general point is that most of the time, in most ...
Sloan, Bernie
bernies@...
Jun 4, 2001 9:14 pm
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- I guess I disagree that this isn't a "marketing thing". I'm talking about something more elemental than publicizing digital reference services. I'm talking...
Janet Stewart
Janet.Stewart@...
Jun 4, 2001 10:19 pm
3635
Excellent point. Though I believe we currently have good support throughout the organization from people who are familiar with the services and information we ...
Scott Brown
Scott.Brown@...
Jun 4, 2001 10:43 pm
3636
I think that Bernie Sloan and Janet Stewart are both on the money with their comments about users not even thinking about coming to a librarian for help when...
Stephen Francoeur
stephen_francoeur@...
Jun 4, 2001 11:03 pm
3637
Hello from D.C. The U.S. Copyright Office has made a new "experimental" web interface to several copyright files available online. You can find them at: ...
gary price
gprice@...
Jun 5, 2001 3:00 am
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Greetings all, In addition to the usual "me too" agreement on the previous few comments regarding virtual reference, marketing, and the fact that a growing...
Larry Schankman
lschankm@...
Jun 5, 2001 4:34 am
3639
I am a volunteer in a small town library. Howey in the Hills library. We have 5 Gates computers. Our town students use them after school. Would you please...
Dorothy Hill
Dotpete3@...
Jun 5, 2001 12:51 pm
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... One suspects so. Most people's major experiences of libraries (let's face facts, here) date back to elementary and/or high school bibliographic...
Jennifer Heise
jahb@...
Jun 5, 2001 1:29 pm
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Assistant Head, Research and Information Services Between the mountains of the Blue Ridge and the shores of the Outer Banks lies North Carolina's Research...
Anne Pemberton
anne_pemberton@...
Jun 5, 2001 1:32 pm
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A simple marketing idea we've been thinking of adding to our web page is some actual sample questions from users and actual answers from librarians. These...
Marc Meola
meolam@...
Jun 5, 2001 2:18 pm
3643
NYPL does a really good job of explaining their policies and their email-based service on their help pages. We are considering implementing similar pages for...
Jana Ronan
ronan@...
Jun 5, 2001 2:39 pm
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Greetings again, I won't really answer the definition question, since my views are very biased against the current thinking on what makes reference virtual,...
Larry Schankman
lschankm@...
Jun 5, 2001 3:27 pm
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This sounds like a great idea. I hope you'll let the list know how it works. Re. privacy, I just read the NYPL privacy statement and like it. Jana Ronan put...
Fiander, Michelle
MichelleF@...
Jun 5, 2001 5:10 pm
3646
Hi, I'm just wondering if anyone has responded to Dorothy Hill's question (onlist or off) in a way that might be helpful to her? -Michelle Fiander - ... From:...
Fiander, Michelle
MichelleF@...
Jun 5, 2001 5:32 pm
3647
Dorothy, Virtual Reference is answering questions through the internet, usually either by e-mail or chat. The service can take many forms and go by many names....
meolam
meolam@...
Jun 5, 2001 5:45 pm
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... show the students the way it is used? Dorothy...tell your students they can talk to librarians and experts around the country (soon, the world!) if they...
Sara Weissman
weissman@...
Jun 5, 2001 5:57 pm
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What is unclear to me is why Minneapolis did not install some form of authentication software that would boot patrons off the Internet after a specified time....
Sandra Smith Rotenberg
smittenbergs@...
Jun 5, 2001 6:06 pm
3650
This list is a useful starting point since by sending a question to some of the services you find out how virtual ref works: it's easier to have a good...
Sylvia Curtis
curtis@...
Jun 5, 2001 6:08 pm
3651
Hello everyone, This brings up a couple interesting issues. First, what is digital reference? Second, what is *quality* digital reference? At the most basic...
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