uniref.org blog http://uniref.org/blog thinking about "reference" Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:07:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en A New Attempt by Indiana University and ChaCha http://uniref.org/blog/2007/08/25/a-new-attempt-by-indiana-university-and-chacha/ http://uniref.org/blog/2007/08/25/a-new-attempt-by-indiana-university-and-chacha/#comments Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:19:02 +0000 uniref.org http://uniref.org/blog/2007/08/25/a-new-attempt-by-indiana-university-and-chacha/ IU and ChaCha partner to create first of its kind academic search service
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/6102.html
(JK told this news to me. Thanks, JK!)

ChaCha: search + brainpower | Simple Access, Better Answers
http://www.chacha.com/
(Human-Guided Search: Real-time Chats + Search Results by humans at this time. I tried this service tonight. From a view point of search engines, that was a new experience. I would like to support any attempt at novelty. But it was a little bit difficult for me to have a chat to explain what I really want only with short texts, to estimate the results given by the guide continuously, and to tell what I was feeling in a polite manner, at once in addition. :-) Of course, most chat-based systems have these characteristics.)

]]> http://uniref.org/blog/2007/08/25/a-new-attempt-by-indiana-university-and-chacha/feed/ An Encyclopedia for Reference Service http://uniref.org/blog/2007/08/23/an-encyclopedia-for-reference-service/ http://uniref.org/blog/2007/08/23/an-encyclopedia-for-reference-service/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:22:35 +0000 uniref.org http://uniref.org/blog/2007/08/23/an-encyclopedia-for-reference-service/ DIS 245 “Info Access” Encyclopedia - An encyclopedia for reference service…
http://ucla245.pbwiki.com/

DIS 245 “Info Access” Encyclopedia / Linda Smith
http://ucla245.pbwiki.com/Linda%20Smith
(as a memory of today’s LEEP class by Prof. Smith)

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http://answerboards.wetpaint.com/

Slam the Boards! - Answer Board Librarians
http://answerboards.wetpaint.com/page/Slam+the+Boards%21

Something will happen on September 10th.

]]> http://uniref.org/blog/2007/08/22/answer-board-librarians/feed/ Ranganathan’s Reference Service http://uniref.org/blog/2007/08/21/ranganathans-reference-service/ http://uniref.org/blog/2007/08/21/ranganathans-reference-service/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:10:07 +0000 uniref.org http://uniref.org/blog/2007/08/21/ranganathans-reference-service/ DLIST - Reference Service
http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/2001/

Ranganathan, S. R. (1961) Reference Service. Asia Publishing House (Bombay).

]]> http://uniref.org/blog/2007/08/21/ranganathans-reference-service/feed/ Jo Kibbee http://uniref.org/blog/2007/04/12/jo-kibbee/ http://uniref.org/blog/2007/04/12/jo-kibbee/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:55:46 +0000 uniref.org http://uniref.org/blog/2007/04/11/jo-kibbee/ Jo Kibbee
Librarians without Borders? Virtual Reference Service to Unaffiliated Users
Virtual service, real data: results of a pilot study
She is one of the best librarians that I have met. She knows many things about theories and practices of digital reference services.
Additionally she is very kind to foreigners like me. ;-) The good librarian is always on the side of the socially vulnerable.

]]> http://uniref.org/blog/2007/04/12/jo-kibbee/feed/ A New Site “uniref.org cms” http://uniref.org/blog/2007/04/11/a-new-site-unireforg-cms/ http://uniref.org/blog/2007/04/11/a-new-site-unireforg-cms/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:47:07 +0000 uniref.org http://uniref.org/blog/2007/04/11/a-new-site-unireforg-cms/ The uniref.org has launched a new site “uniref.org cms” which was created with the content management system “XOOPS Cube“.
There will be some experimental services on this site.
In the beginning, I have started to collect the information about reference services and am offering the RSS collection of journals on reference services now.
Check it out!

]]> http://uniref.org/blog/2007/04/11/a-new-site-unireforg-cms/feed/ Information Service vs. Reference Service http://uniref.org/blog/2007/01/16/information-service-vs-reference-service/ http://uniref.org/blog/2007/01/16/information-service-vs-reference-service/#comments Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:39:08 +0000 uniref.org http://uniref.org/blog/2007/01/16/information-service-vs-reference-service/ Google Trends: information service, reference service
http://www.google.com/trends?q=information+service%2C+reference+servi ce

Of course Information Service has swept to victory in this battle. Libraries are also using “Information Service” instead of “Reference Service”. But which term makes question-answer services with resources stand out on the net, outside libraries?

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http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mars/marspubs/m arsbestref2006.htm
ALA | Best Free Reference Web Sites Combined Index
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mars/marspubs/M ARSBESTIndex.htm
ALA | MARSBestRefCriteria
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mars/marspubs/m arsbestrefcriteria.htm

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk

]]> http://uniref.org/blog/2006/12/31/reference-service-wikipedia/feed/ Movies of Reference Services http://uniref.org/blog/2006/11/21/movies-of-reference-services/ http://uniref.org/blog/2006/11/21/movies-of-reference-services/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:24:50 +0000 uniref.org http://uniref.org/blog/?p=30 YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=reference+service
   (keywords: reference, service   …noisy,again)

Incidentally,

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=library
   (keyword: library)

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