[Web4lib] SMS (text messaging) in libraries or education?

[Alison Cody]

This is a little different than what you asked, but this month we started
offering reference via text message at my library. (We're using AIM's mobile
service, so the texts arrive at the ref desk as IMs.) We've gotten a handful
of questions so far, and from what I understand most have been "how can I
renew this item?"

More here: http://www.loyola.edu/library/REF/index.htm

Personally, I would love to get text messages when my holds are in or my
books are due.

Alison Cody
Public Relations/Instruction Librarian
Loyola/Notre Dame Library
Baltimore, MD

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:05 PM, HUNT_STEVE <HUNT_STEVE at smc.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Does anyone use SMS (text messaging) to communicate with users? It seems
> this would be a good way to reach today's students. Overdue notices,
> books on hold, library class notices...
> Steve Hunt
> Systems Librarian
> Santa Monica College Library
> Santa Monica, Calif.
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