4. So, on the 10 th of September 2007 a small group of Librarians from around the globe went online to the various Answer Boards and pitted their skills against the myriad of questions they found there. For every question they answered they pointed the asker towards their local library’s resources and services.
5. A new kind of Reference Desk started operating amongst the jungle of Q&A sites on the world wide web
20. So what do answer boards have in common with public libraries?
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33. The next Slam the Boards is Tuesday June 10 th – why not go online and answer maybe just one question ……. You never know, it could just be Best Answer!
34. “ Oh the thinks you can think if only you try….” (Dr Seuss)
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Good morning all and thankyou for being here today. As you can see from today’s agenda, my talk this morning is around the idea of what Answer Boards and Public Libraries have in common.
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