Ask a Librarian Blog

It is always such a great time for us here at Ask a Librarian.    The annual user group forum at FLA gives us the opportunity to meet so many people we mainly talk to online and via email.

We use this forum to let everyone know – where we have been in the past year, where we are going this year and to really thank everyone for the collaborative spirit that makes this program a success.

Diana Update, Traci Update

As part of the forum, we had a user panel with Bradley Wade Bishop and Traci to discuss his research on local questions within Ask a Librarian.   His doctoral dissertation is called “Chat Reference and Location-Based Questions:  A Multi-Method Evaluation of a Statewide Chat Reference Consortium.”  We will post the actual dissertation when its published later this year.

Bishop PPT, Traci Local

We hope you will be able to join us at next week’s Ask a Librarian User Forum at the FLA Annual Conference. We have lots of exciting news to share with you. The program will be on Wed, April 7th at 1:30 in Salon 12.

The program will feature:

• Exemplary Reference Award Winners
• March Madness Winners
• Update and upcoming plans for AAL
• Research and Best Practices for Statewide Users Panel Discussion with Wade Bishop and Traci Avet

Hope to see you there!!!

Mark your calendars!!!!

The Annual Ask a Librarian User’s Forum is at 1:30 on Wednesday, April 7th at the FLA Annual Conference.

The Forum will include:

• Award Ceremonies for the Exemplary Reference Awards and March Madness Winners
• Program update and forecast (including information about text messaging and AAL)
• Panel Discussion featuring Wade Bishop and Traci Avet.   Wade recently completed his dissertation “Chat Reference and Location-based Questions: A Multi-Method Evaluation of a Statewide Chat Reference Consortium” and will discuss the implications and conclusions of his research.   He and Traci will discuss best practices and gather feedback from attendees.

We hope to see you there!!