reference service names

[Sylvia Curtis]

The reference email service at UCSB is called ASK.  The address is 
ask at library.ucsb.edu

Sylvia Y. Curtis
curtis at library.ucsb.edu

On Thu, 13 Jun 1996, I. Pour-El wrote:

> This may be off-topic but after getting little response on libref-l and
> reading the web4lib country subscription statistics I decided to try here.
> 
> Please email your responses and (if there is interest) I will  post a
> summary.
> 
> 1.  What does your library call the reference desk?  That is, what does the
> sign say?  Please include a literal translation of the term(s) if in a
> language other than English.
> 
> 2.  Are different terms used in spoken communication?
> 
> 3.  What do you call your online reference service e.g. Ask a librarian?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> ---
> I. Pour-El						pourel at iastate.edu
> Reference and Instructional Services Librarian		515-294-1004
> 152 Parks Library
> Iowa State University
> Ames, IA 50011
>