I had a look at the Answer board links, and concluded that the questions posed on Yahoo!7Answers were quite trivial/amusing - ranging from Help I need a kennel! to How can I clean my wallpaper, it looks dirty and dusty!
WikiAnswers was easier to navigate and looked less cluttered.
I can see a use for "slamming the boards" in our library, but we would need to advertise heavily to encourage more familiarity with the online services. When hosting live events in the library, given the cool/temperate climate of our region it is often a challenge to gather a crowd (especially in winter months!). This would not be a problem with a computer driven service however!
Currently the library has an "Ask a librarian" link from the Council's website. This attracts approximately 3-4 hits a month. Questions are mainly local history/family history based, with the occasional Census data query.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
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