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From: "Doug & Patti Ensor" <>
Subject: Ohio Launches Virtual Reference Service
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:24:25 -0700


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From: "William R. McMahon" <>
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> Forwarded for info.
>
> Bill McMahon
> Ocean Springs MS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Maryann D. Moseby" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 5:45 PM
> Subject: [OHWASH] Ohio Launches Virtual Reference Service
>
>
> > Please note that the following service is ONLY for OHIO Residents
> >
> > Maryann
> >
> > ____________________________________________________
> >
> > State Library Of Ohio Launches Virtual Reference Service That Answers
> > Questions 24/7, With Real Time Answers From Professional Librarians
> >
> >
> > Service - initiated first in Cleveland - is now available to all persons
> >
> > living in the State of Ohio
> >
> > COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The statewide introduction of
> > KnowItNow 24x7 was inaugurated at a ceremony at the Northwest Library in
> > Columbus, Ohio on September 7, 2004. The Northwest Library is a
> cooperative
> > project of the Columbus Metropolitan Library and Worthington Libraries,
> and
> > is managed by Worthington Libraries.
> >
> > Utilizing a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library
> Services
> > (IMLS) awarded by the State Library of Ohio, all persons living in the
> State
> > of Ohio can now use the State's online 24/7 virtual reference service.
> The
> > online service, available at http://www.KnowItNow.org , is designed to
> > provide all residents, whether they do or do not possess a library card,
> > with access to information, regardless of the time of day.
> >
> > According to Joanne Budler, State Librarian of Ohio, "To use the
service,
> > all that Ohio residents need to do is log on to www.KnowItNow.org , and
> > enter their zip code. From that point, the Web site offers a variety of
> > reference options." Referencing the user-friendly layout of the site,
Ms.
> > Budler said, "Users can ask questions on a variety of topics, chat in
real
> > time with a librarian, find answers to their questions, and get homework
> > help."
> >
> > Resources from business and finance, to health and medicine, from
science
>
> > and technology to genealogy, are all accessible from the site, with
> > librarians staffing the service for real time answers to questions asked
> by
> > online users of the service. Tutors are available to assist students
from
> > 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. seven days a week. Access to the Web site is
> > obtainable from a home computer, a personal laptop, a computer at work
or
> in
> > the library.
> >
> > KnowItNow.org is one of only a few virtual reference services made
> available
> > through a statewide public library system in the United States. The free
> > service is supported by the federal Institute of Museum and Library
> Services
> > funds, granted through the State Library of Ohio.
> >
> > SOURCE State Library Of Ohio
> >
> > CO: State Library Of Ohio; Columbus Metropolitan Library; Worthington
> > Libraries; KnowItNow 24x7; Northwest Library; Institute of Museum and
> > Library Services; IMLS
> >
> > ST: Ohio
> >
> > SU: PDT
> >
> > Web site: http://www.KnowItNow.org
> >
> > http://www.prnewswire.com
> >
> > 09/08/2004 10:46 EDT
> >
> >
> > ==============================
> > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration
> > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more.
> > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237
> >
> >
>
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