Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Answer boards

I like the idea of librarians promoting themselves and their services by Answer Boards. Two comments - one is time, if professionals feel this is another "have to do" in a busy role - but if librarians are willing they are definitely able. It's a sneaky and effective way to inform and remind what libraries can do and try to eliminate stereotypes. Second, dare I suggest that sometimes the librarian's answers gave more detail than was required by the questioner. Normally, this becomes apparent in Reference interviews, but online it's hard to distinguish between the person who needs the complete complexities of the answer and the person whose purposes require a superficial understanding. इ ऍम एन्जोयिंग थिस ट्रेनिंग वैरी मच.

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