April Ask a Librarian Statistics

Ask a Librarian had another great month.   We had a 40% increase in live chat sessions from last April and overall we have assisted 32% more users this year than last year at the same point. A summary report is available in our Ask a Librarian Summary Report Reports...

FLA Recap

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...

Help needed – upcoming shifts

The following one-time shifts are currently in need of help: Thurs., Apr. 15, 2-3 and 6-7 pm (collaborative) Fri., Apr. 16, 12-1 and 1-2 pm (collaborative) Sat., Apr. 17, 11am – 12pm (collaborative) Sun., Apr. 18, 4-5 and 5-6 pm (collaborative) Mon., Apr. 19, 6-7 and...

March Statistics now available online

What an amazing month! Ask a Librarian had 7,096 reference transactions last month — including 5,887 chat sessions.    We once again experienced- It’s BEST month EVER!  We had a 45% increase in chats from last year and our well on track for a record...

March Madness Wrap Up

Over the month, Traci and I have had a lot of fun bringing you fun facts, awards for individuals and tried to challenge you with your knowledge and enthusiasm for the service. We really hope you enjoyed our March Madness WOMM campaign. We took the month of March to...

March Madness Winners!

In March, we gave out awards for March Madness for everything from quickest reply to customers to quickest to solve a crytogram to the most vocal promoters of the service. We want to thank everyone who played along with us this past month but wanted to post in a...

Ask a Librarian User Forum at the FLA Annual Conference.

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...