_ Library Chat Room Registries _
In response to my recent posting I have learned of three (3) sites that
have a listing with descriptions of Library Chat Rooms. These lists also include services that are characterized by the phrases 'Live Reference' and
'Real-Time Reference
1/ _ A Survey of Online Interactive Reference Services_
[ http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/hss/ref/chat/cc3.html ]
This is an appendix of a Web-based version of an *excellent* poster shown at ALA 2000 entitled "Shall We Chat: Extending Traditional Reference Services with Internet Technology"
[ http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/hss/ref/chat/default.htm ]
prepared by Ann Lindel, Mimi Pappas, Jana Ronan and Colleen Seale of Humanities and Social Services of the George A. Smathers Libraries of the University of Florida. [Thanks Jana!]
2/ The ELITE Project based at the University of Leicester (UK)
[ http://www.le.ac.uk/li/distance/eliteproject/elib/ ]
Contains an annotated listing of library Chat services as well as annotated listings of library E-mail and web fom sites, MOOs, 'MyLibrary'
projects, and videoconferencing. Each list also contains very useful key
citations [Thanks Danielle!]
3/ LiveReference eGroups list
[ http://www.egroups.com/ ] The list maintains a 'links' list of 'livereference' services. at [ http://www.egroups.com/links/livereference ] [You *may* need to subscribe to the list to access its Links [:?]
[Thanks Illene and Gretchen!]
If there are other lists of library 'real-time' reference services I'd appreciate learning about them.
/Gerry McKiernan
Theoretical Librarian
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011
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