Sunday, April 6, 2008

Answer Boards & Social Searching

Visited the Answer Boards Librarian's wiki and looked at the "Exemplary Answers" section.
It's nice to see that Librarians' answers were highly rated by members of the community, also looked at the "Signatures & tag Lines", I quite like the phrases they used "Librarians -- Ask Us, We Answer!" and "We eat questions for breakfast",
very friendly, directly to promote Librarian professional, providing good quality information, showing research skills to the public.
"Slamming the boards" plays inportant role for the library. It is a good idea to allow patrons to ask question online, especially for those who are unable to get into the library for many reasons. Also it is useful for school students to ask question for their assignment/homework.
This service would make opportunity for patrons to rate and reviews the library's collection & service very openly without the librarians knowing who they are.

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