On September 10, Librarians Will Be a Presence on Answer Sites
Lynn Blumenstein -- Library Journal, 8/31/2007
On September 10, librarians are asked to “Slam the Boards!” by visiting online "answer sites" such as Yahoo! Answers, Ask MetaFilter, Wikipedia Reference Desk, or Amazon's Askville, fielding as many questions as possible, and making it clear that the service was provided by a librarian. What began as a word-of-mouth idea has grown into an international effort, as librarians from the U.K., New Zealand, and beyond have joined the grass-roots effort in the U.S. to raise the profile of librarians and libraries that offer virtual reference services by doing what libraries do best—providing answers from authoritative resources.
9/5/07
On September 10, Librarians Will Be a Presence on Answer Sites
This is definitely cool. I'm a little late, but I'm in. You in?
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Update: I tried to look through some of these questions, but they were so FRIGGIN' dumb that I just couldn't do it. Listen, if you pay me, I'll try to answer anything. But I'm not putting up with foolishness for free.
Well spoken Eva! I wouldn't either.
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