Did you see this....
"OCLC and Mosio are working together to enable seamless integration of
Mosio's Text a Librarian text messaging reference software with OCLC's
QuestionPoint reference management service to provide a comprehensive
virtual reference solution for libraries."
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Has anyone ever texted a librarian?
"OCLC and Mosio are working together to enable seamless integration of
Mosio's Text a Librarian text messaging reference software with OCLC's
QuestionPoint reference management service to provide a comprehensive
virtual reference solution for libraries."Read more
Has anyone ever texted a librarian?
I haven't but I just saw yesterday that you can text a librarian at the NYPL: http://www.nypl.org/text-librarian
We considered this type of service at Bio-Med but didn't pursue funding it (at around ~$1200/year). Here are some additional libraries using the service:
U of Kansas:
http://www.lib.ku.edu/askalibrarian/
NYU:
http://library.nyu.edu/ask/
And here's the article that prompted our discussion:
Text Message Reference: Is It Effective? | Stacking the Tech
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6701869.html?nid=2673&source=link&rid=2016247994&