Text messaging reference (a.k.a., SMS reference and text a librarian) is this year’s hot topic in reference services. Attend the next meeting of the Virtual Reference SIG on October 23 and find out what it is really like to handle queries from patrons when you are using text messages as your means of communication. Alexa Pearce from NYU Libraries will lead off our group’s informal discussion with a presentation about her library’s pilot program that uses texting for reference service. This event is free and open to all who share an interest in reference services in libraries.
When: October 23, 2009, 10 am – 12 noon
Where: Metropolitan Library Council of New York (57 East 11th Street, 4th floor, New York, NY) directions here
RSVP: Not required. Just show up and be ready to share ideas and opinions.