Just a friendly reminder of the statewide Ask a Librarian closing schedule for December and January: • Wednesday, December 21 (closing at 5 pm) • Thursday, December 22 thru Monday, January 2 (Collaborative Desk closed – service reopens on Tuesday, … Continue reading
The Quality Assurance Workgroup is happy to award the following transcripts for the July 2011 Exemplary Reference Awards. Transcripts were awarded in three categories: Best Detailed Chat, Best Brief Chat, and Best Teaching Chat. The three winning transcripts are at: http://askalibrarian.org/blog/july-2011-exemplary-award-transcripts/ Show your … Continue reading
Congratulations to AaL participating library Valencia College, who was named the nation’s best community college. They are the winner of the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. The Aspen Institute spent a year studying community colleges across the nation. Valencia was picked from a … Continue reading
Introducing two new Hot Topics webinars on OverDrive… register for both today! Hot Topics: E-Books! Putting OverDrive E-Books onto eReaders: A Guide For Library Staff Wed., Jan. 11, 2012, 2-3 pm ET Hot Topics: Audiobooks! Putting OverDrive Audiobooks onto Portable Players: … Continue reading
OCLC Research in partnership with Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey pulled over five years of virtual reference research into a summary with specific and actionable suggestions in Seeking Synchronicity: Revelations and Recommendations for Virtual Reference. Seeking Synchronicity: Revelations and Recommendations … Continue reading
The following statistics are now available for the month of November 2011: AaL Summary Report Chat by Entry Point Email by Entry Point Text by Entry Point Zip Codes by County
