Check out this job description for a Reference Information Technician at the Weill Cornell College in Doha, Qatar. Under the Major Responsibilities you’ll find this, emphasis mine:
2. Supervises the Reading Room and interacts with patrons either face-to-face or through a variety of media (telephone, e-mail, and virtual Web-based reference including iChat).
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There was some talk of libraries on my local NPR station this morning. I know how much librarians love to hear people outside of our world talk about us, so here’s a link.
I have yet to listen to it, but plan to soon.
From the website of WBEZ
Some observers thought [...]
What would happen if someone tried to apply the logic of the iPod shuffle to a library collection? I think it would be something like this.
Does it work? I dunno.
the image on this graphic was lifted from possible images for Revolting Librarians Redux and then photochopped, with J’s consent.
I came across Virtual Reference: Alive & Well by Brenda Bailey-Hainer the other day. The piece is a response to “To Chat Or Not to Chat—Taking Another Look at Virtual Reference, Part 1” and ”…Part 2” by Coffman and Arret.
The article takes a look at statistics that Coffman and Arret didn’t. [...]
