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Alison Miller commented on Meg Backus's blog post 'Found Reference'

Absolutely - I also think that we also need to work with people on asking the right questions so that we can best answer them - the reference interview (although I like reference conversation too)!

June 26

Stacey Greene Wicksall commented on Meg Backus's blog post 'Found Reference'

This sign speaks volumes and I love it! We need to be approachable. We need to be flexible and open. And we reallyneed to lead the movement for recursive and reciprocal dialogue. It is so true that questions are next to impossible to create when on…

June 24

Margaret Smith commented on Meg Backus's blog post 'Found Reference'

We promote ourselves as answerers because it's a convention to refer to problem statements as questions. "This doesn't work" isn't a question, but I answer it every day. That said, I do think there should be a place for all library community member…

June 19

Kate Shanahan commented on Meg Backus's blog post 'Found Reference'

Brilliant...well done for a maiden voyage. What is the proposed alternative? "Do I look like I have the answers?" (Notice how I phrased it as a question?)

June 4

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Found Reference

A model for reference services? If We learn by teaching Questions are often more important/interesting than answers Actual information needs are difficult to develop into explicit questions (R. Taylor, 1968) Then Why promote ourselves as answer…

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At 9:37am on May 2, 2009, Kate Shanahan said…: Agreed! I promoted the site last night at a public library trustee meeting. I told them about the site and encouraged them to view the presentation.

Top notch!

At 12:07pm on May 1, 2009, Aaron Tan said…: Heh I already graduated last Fall :-) I'm only taking 759 for my DL certificate which I've completed as of Spring!

At 11:01am on May 1, 2009, Aaron Tan said…: I'm good! I'm currently working on a couple of web 2.0 and technology related projects after a short stint at a public library here. Having lots of fun so far! I hope you'll get the job at SUNY Upstate Medical. Are you going for graduation?