[Web4lib] Libraries Invited to Join My Info Quest Collaborative SMSText messaging Project

[Brian Gray]

Does QuestionPoint offer text? I did not think it did, which makes these
very different services.

Brian Gray
mindspiral at gmail.com
bcg8 at case/edu


On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Wilfred Drew <DrewW at tc3.edu> wrote:

> Why is this any better than QuestionPoint?
> Wilfred (Bill) Drew, M.S., B.S.,   Assistant Professor.
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> From: Lori Bell <lbell927 at yahoo.com>
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> Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:20:19
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> Subject: [Web4lib] Libraries Invited to Join My Info Quest Collaborative
> SMS
>        Text messaging Project
>
> Libraries Invited to Join My Info Quest Collaborative SMS Text Messaging
> Project
>
>
> Libraries of all types and sizes are invited to join the My Info
> Quest(http://www.myinfoquest.info) collaborative SMS text messaging
> project,
> which kicked off on July 20, 2009 and continues its growth into 2011.  My
> Info
> Quest, the first collaborative text message reference service, will use
> Mosio’s
> Text A Librarian (http://www.textalibrarian.com) program to provide the
> service
> as of January 2011.   Over 60 libraries of all types from across the United
> States participated in the program’s pilot phase, during which Altarama and
> Gmail were used through December 2010.  My Info Quest won the Illinois
> Library
> Association Reference Service Award in Fall 2010.
> Participation requirements are minimal. A library need only staff the desk
> at
> least two hours per week, attend online meetings and training, and
> participate
> in evaluation activities.  The  cost to join this innovative service at
> this
> time is $399 annually. My Info Quest is coordinated by Lori Bell,
> administered
> by Mary-Carol Lindbloom, Executive Director of  the South Central Regional
> Library Council in New York State, and evaluated by Dr. Lili Luo of the
> School
> of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University.
>
> An informational session about the My Info Quest collaborative SMS-based
> reference service (http://www.myinfoquest.info/) will be held during ALA
> Midwinter on Friday, January 7, 2011 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. PST.  Meet in
> the
> lobby of the Manchester Grand Hyatt
> (http://manchestergrand.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp?null), which is
> located
> at One Market Place near the San Diego Convention Center.  If the wifi in
> the
> lobby is good, we'll also offer the informational meeting online in the
> OPAL My
> Info Quest online room
> (http://www.conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs2ed9c201df78).
> The
> start time in other times zones is 5:30 p.m. Mountain, 6:30 p.m. Central,
> and
> 7:30 p.m. Eastern.  For more information, please contact Tom Peters
> (tpeters at tapinformation.com or 816.616.6746).
> If you would like to join, please contact Project Coordinator Lori Bell at
> lbell927 at gmail.comor Project Administrator Mary-Carol Lindbloom at
> mclindbloom at scrlc.org.   You will receive informational documents and an
> agreement form to complete that includes your preferred hours of coverage.
> If
> you would like to join the program’s discussion and communication group,
> visit
> http://groups.google.com/group/InfoQuest. Visit the project’s website at
> http://www.myinfoquest.info.
>
>  Lori Bell
> Lecturer
> School of Library and Information Science
> San Jose State University
> (309)338-5115
> lbell927 at gmail.com
> lbell927 at yahoo.com
>
>
>
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