Hello! I´m studying library science at the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne, Germany. We talked about digital reference in one of our courses. Now I ...
Anne Dickel
annedickel@...
Dec 1, 2002 9:20 am
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Hallo Anne, Ich bin bibliotekarin und ich komme aus Michigan, USA. Sorry, just had to practice the little Deutsch I know :) I am librarian at a law school in...
Aletha Honsowitz
honsowia@...
Dec 1, 2002 9:33 pm
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OPINION: If the Federal Government Cannot Have Religion: One Writer Finds that the Office of Management and Budget is Accepting Mythology as Credo A letter...
David P. Dillard
jwne@...
Dec 2, 2002 7:50 pm
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Tag Anne and everyone -- Anne, I'm a library science student as well (also writing two digital reference papers as we speak). I hope this isn't obvious, but,...
Vicki Jean Beauchamp
vjbeauchamp@...
Dec 2, 2002 9:02 pm
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An interesting item on Google from the New York Times: <http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/28/technology/circuits/28goog.html?ex=103983 ...
Sloan, Bernie
bernies@...
Dec 2, 2002 10:24 pm
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MCLS is the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System in southern California. ... From: Vicki Jean Beauchamp [mailto:vjbeauchamp@...] Sent: Monday,...
Jonathan Betz-Zall
JBetzZall@...
Dec 2, 2002 10:30 pm
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And 24/7 is a virtual reference product developed at MCLS: http://www.247ref.org ... From: Jonathan Betz-Zall [mailto:JBetzZall@...] Sent: Monday,...
Sloan, Bernie
bernies@...
Dec 2, 2002 10:34 pm
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MCLS is the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System. It is a consortium of Southern California public libraries. Susan McGlamery is the Reference Coordinator...
Nancy O'Neill
oneill@...
Dec 2, 2002 11:40 pm
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I am so embarrassed. But thanks to everyone who has set me straight about MCLS.... -- Vicki Jean | Portland, OR USA | vjbeauchamp@... ... To sign off...
Vicki Jean Beauchamp
vjbeauchamp@...
Dec 3, 2002 4:25 am
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Don't feel bad - I was wondering too. I look at MCLS and see MIchigan Compiled Law Service. There are so many acronyms - that everyone cannot keep up with...
Aletha Honsowitz
honsowia@...
Dec 3, 2002 12:00 pm
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Posted on behalf of a colleague: Luminary Lectures @ Your Library presents: Barbara Quint 12/4/02 & Toni Carbo 12/9/02 Wednesday, December 4 Barbara Quint is...
Laura Gottesman
lgot@...
Dec 3, 2002 1:49 pm
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Statement from "Postcards from Planet Google": "Google currently does not allow outsiders to gain access to raw data because of privacy concerns. Searches are...
Ferguson, Amy
Amy_Gonzalez@...
Dec 3, 2002 2:09 pm
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Do not be embarrassed! I always thought MCLS was a vendor. ... __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful....
Abigail Leah Plumb
libronaut@...
Dec 3, 2002 2:14 pm
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Where I come from it is Monroe County Library System.. Charlie ... From: Abigail Leah Plumb [mailto:libronaut@...] Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 9:14...
Dowdell Charles
Charles.Dowdell@...
Dec 3, 2002 2:16 pm
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FYI, the Steinbeck quote in the message below is actually from Faulkner. I apologize for any confusion. Alison ... Posted on behalf of a colleague: Luminary...
Alison Foster
afos@...
Dec 3, 2002 3:18 pm
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... As always, I would like at least one line of WHY you think it is interesting, on which to base any choice as to whether to read this or not. . . . ... ...
Michael Hart
hart@...
Dec 3, 2002 4:18 pm
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Does any of you know examples of any library designing its website as point-of-use instruction? This would go beyond simply organizing for access to services...
Graff, Rebecca
GRAFFR@...
Dec 3, 2002 7:57 pm
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The deadline for submission of proposals for the 9th Annual Reference Research Forum (ALA Annual, Toronto 2003) has been extended to December 23. See below...
Melissa Gross
mgross@...
Dec 3, 2002 8:36 pm
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All library websites use point-of-use instruction! Bill Drew ... To sign off from DIG_REF, send a message to LISTSERV@... with the command SIGNOFF...
Drew, Bill
drewwe@...
Dec 3, 2002 8:54 pm
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Virtual Reference Coordinator Tampa Bay Library Consortium The Virtual Reference Coordinator (VRC), an LSTA grant funded position, is responsible for managing...
Beth Watson
watsonb@...
Dec 3, 2002 10:01 pm
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Rebecca, At East Carolina University, we've tried to provide point-of-use instruction through our "How Do I..." pages at: ...
Lewis, Janice S
LEWISJA@...
Dec 3, 2002 10:25 pm
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Perhaps I ought to be more explicit. Are there examples of scaffolding information literacy instruction into website design? It might be useful to think of...
Graff, Rebecca
GRAFFR@...
Dec 3, 2002 10:27 pm
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Walking in a local mall this weekend, I passed a Doubleday bookshop. I mean it; I passed right on by. This is a singular event, since my family is well aware...
George Porter
george@...
Dec 3, 2002 11:45 pm
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The Products and Services Committee of ALA's Reference User Services Association (RUSA) Machine Assisted Reference Section (MARS) will be presenting a...
Dianna McKellar
mckellar@...
Dec 4, 2002 6:25 pm
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Hi All, Recently, I discovered this article in the Charleston Advisor that makes some criticisms of the "high-flown rhetoric" surrounding digital reference. I...
William T Monroe
wmonro1@...
Dec 4, 2002 10:25 pm
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Frankly, I think the author is right. Digital reference is just one tool, and, like every other tool, it has its place, its strengths, and its weaknesses. It...
Cordell, Rosanne M.
rcordell@...
Dec 4, 2002 10:52 pm
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Will, The writers of this piece definitely make some valid criticisms. There is a considerable amount of hype and also an unspoken pressure for libraries to ...
Paul Neuhaus
neuhaus@...
Dec 4, 2002 11:42 pm
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Blythe, David? re: points below .do you have in VRD files there the recent thank you note from Burcu, the Turkish student we worked with on Moliere/Tartuffe?...
Sara Weissman
weissman@...
Dec 5, 2002 12:07 am
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A possibly relevant thought here-- I couldn't immediately find the reference, or I would post it, but sometime at the turn of the last century (ie 19th to...
James Sweetland
sweetlnd@...
Dec 5, 2002 12:10 am
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Rick, Could you send me a copy of the Wall Street Journal article? Sam ... From: rick robison <rickrobison@...> To: <DIG_REF@...> Sent:...