Using QR Codes to Market Ask a Librarian

QR codes are an excellent way to promote Ask a Librarian to your users.   A QR code is a 2-D barcode that can connect the physical and online world! Sounds complicated but its not. A QR code is placed on a book, a poster, a bib record, a shelf, a name tag – you...

Texting Logos Available

Ask a Librarian now has customizable logos available for participating libraries to promote our new texting service. Please contact to have your library’s phone number and keyword added to the image!

Text Messaging Update

Text Messaging was introduced by Ask a Librarian on October 25th with little fanfare for the users. While all of us, were training, creating scripts and otherwise preparing – we expected initial growth to be slow and did little promotion for this new service...

Ask a Librarian Debuts Texting Today!!

We are live on text messaging today. It should be somewhat quiet in the queue with our soft launch but please remember: – If you are scheduled for either the collaborative desk or the academic desk, you must staff the texting queue as well. – Texts will...

Text Messaging goes LIVE on Monday, October 25th

Text Messaging goes LIVE on Monday, October 25th Ask a Librarian will be launching a texting service to accompany our traditional chat service.  This means users can text us from their device at the moment they need assistance from wherever they are (though hopefully...