Alain Besson wrote:
> Leaving silly stunts like Google Researcher aside for a minute, is any
> one out there using virtual reference services?
There was an interesting posting on a US list that suggests it may not be so
silly, depending, I suppose on the question:
"Today I tried out Google Answers, their new for-fee human mediated
reference
service. I asked about relative safety of taking a helicopter tour of the
Grand Canyon. I offered $20 for the answer. The question, and answer,
appear here:
https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=17078
The answer I got was extremely well crafted and right on target with cited
authorities. Foolow-up comments included more citations and personal
experiences.
...
Oh, and I did find a pretty satisfying answer as about the 3rd hit just by
searching Google myself -- first try. :-)"
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