This is just one more way of answering reference questions. I think the librarians give "exemplary answers" because this is what they are trained to do. Just like the American libraries that have a "late night book service" to answer questions via the web for night owls.
It would be a great way to get to the teenages with what is available in the library and answer questions they pose. Also a good forum for feedback.
It seems like a good idea in theory but it is always the monster TIME that prevents us from following through these inovations.
Pehaps this will be the way of the furture because teenages want information NOW without too much effort on their part.
It would be sad if this happens as the libraries then become only recreational centers. All other information will be web based, and the need to come into a library will not be necessary.
Will we be than, siting behind a computer screen all day and not face to face with our customers?
Sound very boring to me!!
I have put a question on Yahoo!7 Answers and I am eagerly waiting for the answer, but sorry it was not a library question!
Just cheked my question - no answers yet!!
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I agree with you that there will come a time that libraries will be a thing of the past if everything can be done online. But wait, we can still be relevant, only we need to keep up with the changing technologies. We will, instead become 'libraries without walls".
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