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

[Lori Bell]

Question Point offers access to Mosio's TextaLibrarian through its interface.
 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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From: Brian Gray <mindspiral at gmail.com>
To: Wilfred Drew <DrewW at tc3.edu>
Cc: Lori Bell <lbell927 at yahoo.com>; "web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org" 
<web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org>; "publib at webjunction.org" 
<publib at webjunction.org>; Web4Lib <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: Sat, December 18, 2010 6:33:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Libraries Invited to Join My Info Quest Collaborative 
SMSText messaging Project

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.                   
>Librarian.                                          TC3    Sent from my Verizon 
>Wireless BlackBerry
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>From: Lori Bell <lbell927 at yahoo.com>
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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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