Library Chat Room Registries

[Gerry Mckiernan]

                          _  Library Chat Room Registries _

   In response to my recent posting I have learned of three (3) sites that 
have a listing with descriptions of Library Chat Rooms. These lists also include services that are characterized by the phrases 'Live Reference' and 
'Real-Time Reference

1/ _ A Survey of Online Interactive Reference Services_

                [ http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/hss/ref/chat/cc3.html ]

  This is an appendix of a Web-based version of an *excellent*  poster shown at  ALA 2000 entitled "Shall We Chat:  Extending Traditional Reference Services with Internet Technology" 
 
                [ http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/hss/ref/chat/default.htm ]

prepared by Ann Lindel, Mimi Pappas, Jana Ronan and Colleen Seale of Humanities and Social Services of the George A. Smathers Libraries of the University of Florida. [Thanks Jana!]

2/ The ELITE Project based at the University of Leicester (UK)

                  [ http://www.le.ac.uk/li/distance/eliteproject/elib/ ]

      Contains an annotated listing of library Chat services as well as annotated listings of library E-mail and web fom sites, MOOs, 'MyLibrary'
projects, and videoconferencing. Each list also contains very useful key 
citations [Thanks Danielle!]

3/ LiveReference eGroups list

       [ http://www.egroups.com/ ] The list maintains a 'links' list of 'livereference' services. at [ http://www.egroups.com/links/livereference  ] [You *may* need to subscribe to the list to access its Links [:?]

[Thanks Illene and Gretchen!]
     
        If there are other lists of library 'real-time' reference services I'd appreciate learning about them.

/Gerry McKiernan
Theoretical Librarian
Iowa State University 
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu 

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