Virtual reference services : considerations and technologies / Beth Thomsett-Scott -- Using twitter for virtual reference services / Ellen Hampton Filgo -- Using Google voice and chat for reference at the Kelvin Smith Library / Brian C. Gray -- Virtual reference at UNLV Libraries : from infancy to popular student service / Sidney Lowe and Darcy Del Bosque -- Instant messaging for virtual reference / Beth Thomsett-Scott -- Embedded librarians using Web 2.0 services for reference / Ellen Hampton Filgo -- My info quest : a national text reference message service / Tom Peters, Lili Luo, and Lori Bell -- AskColorado : a collaborative virtual reference service / Kris Johnston.
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Summary
Social web technologies present an often confusing array of options for answering user reference questions. Applying 20 years' experience as a reference librarian working through the development of virtual reference and the integration of new tools and technologies into the industry, Thomsett-Scott lays out how libraries are using vendor services such as LibraryH3lp, LibAnswers, and Text a Librarian, as well as free tools like Twitter and Google Voice for their reference needs. Practitioners offer details on virtual reference services such as Twitter Search, instant messaging services such as