[OPLINLIST] "Slam the Boards" Online Reference Event--September 10

[Hickson, Pamela]

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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 15:53:38 -0500
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Conversation: "Slam the Boards" Online Reference Event--September 10
Subject: [rusa-l] "Slam the Boards" Online Reference Event--September 10

You may have heard about the "Slam the Boards" online reference event
this coming Monday, 9/10.  We're encouraging librarians to visit online
services like Yahoo Answers and Amazon's Askville.  You answer some
questions and make sure to let the world know that you're a librarian!
The whole point is to let folks who don't otherwise know that librarians
do reference work in on our little secret.  This has already been
blogged, podcasted and published about extensively, so you may already
be planning to participate.  If so, please take another chance to spread
the word!  If not, please check out the wiki at
http://answerboards.wetpaint.com/page/Slam+the+Boards%21
<javascript:ol('http://answerboards.wetpaint.com/page/Slam%2bthe%2bBoard
s%2521');>  for more details, tips, exemplary answers, etc!

--Bill Pardue

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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 16:31:19 -0500
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Conversation: "Slam the Boards" gets props from Yahoo Answers!
Subject: [rusa-l] "Slam the Boards" gets props from Yahoo Answers!

Caleb-Tucker Raymond and I have been contacted by John Klem of Yahoo's
Social Search team (the folks behind Yahoo Answers).  They're quite
intrigued and excited about the prospect of so many librarians getting
involved for Slam the Boards.  John wanted to extend a special
invitation to try and fast-track "Slam" librarians into Yahoo's special
Knowledge Partner status (see
http://answers.yahoo.com/info/knowledge_partners)
<javascript:ol('http://answers.yahoo.com/info/knowledge_partners');>
for details.  You'll be asked to select an area of expertise (are you
seeing this business librarians, health librarians, lit specialists,
etc.?!).  In addition to having a "Knowledge Partner" designation on
your answers, they will be looked at a bit more closely by the Yahoo
editorial staff and may be highlighted on the Yahoo Answers home page.
Some best answers from Knowledge Partners may also eventually be given
prioritized rankings in the Yahoo search engine.

Interested?  Act now!

There's not a lot of time to try to add a huge list of librarians before
Monday, but John will do his best.  Send ME (bpardue at ahml.info) your
name, e-mail and Yahoo screen name by Friday, 9/7, 11 a.m. Chicago time
(CDT).  I will forward the names collectivly to John and he will send
follow-ups to you.  If you can't contact me by then, you'll probably
still be able to do this in the future, it just won't be in time for
Slam the Boards.

What's my commitment?

Naturally, Yahoo wants participants who will stay involved (isn't that
the ultimate goal of Slam the Boards, too?).  They currently ask
Knowledge Partners to pick up 10 questions per week, but are willing to
be more flexible for us.  John will detail that a bit more in his
replies.

One of the things I've mentioned to John is that many librarians are
"generalists" who look up answers on topics that we aren't specifically
experts on, rather than experts who can write authoritatively on a given
subject.  John said that Yahoo is working on refining the designations
over time, but that we should still take the opportunity now to submit
our names.

Anyway, I'm going to do it, and I'm hoping many more of us will, too!

REMEMBER, SEND YOUR INFO TO ME BY FRIDAY 11 A.M. CDT.

--Bill Pardue


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Pamela J. Hickson-Stevenson, Assistant Director

Akron-Summit County Public Library

60 S. High Street

Akron, OH  44326

 

Phone 330.643.9102

Fax 330.643.9160

 

phs at akronlibrary.org <mailto:phs at akronlibrary.org> 

www.akronlibrary.org <http://www.akronlibrary.org>  

 

The Akron-Summit County Public Library provides resources for learning
and leisure, information services, meeting spaces, and programs for all
ages that support, improve, and enrich individual, family, and community
life.

 

 

 

Pamela J. Hickson-Stevenson, Assistant Director

Akron-Summit County Public Library

60 S. High Street

Akron, OH  44326

 

Phone 330.643.9102

Fax 330.643.9160

 

phs at akronlibrary.org <mailto:phs at akronlibrary.org> 

www.akronlibrary.org <http://www.akronlibrary.org>  

 

The Akron-Summit County Public Library provides resources for learning
and leisure, information services, meeting spaces, and programs for all
ages that support, improve, and enrich individual, family, and community
life.

 

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