[collaborative-vr] Question: Person exploring California's potential VR service

[Kris Johnson]

Hello all. Still lurking on this list. :-)

I would encourage this individual to read up on the history of VR in
California prior to starting any conversations. I don't have all or the
exact citations at my fingertips, but California did have a statewide
cooperative, I believe run by the State Library, which later disbanded.
There was also the Q&A Cafe that was a multi-library type cooperative and
which was started in the San Jose area, and of course, the MCLS Cooperative
in the L.A. area started by Susan McGlamery which eventually moved over to
OCLC.

I wrote about the history of many of the cooperatives in a book chapter in
2015:

   - Johnson, K., (2014) Collaborative Virtual Reference: Past, Present,
   and Future Trends. Reimagining Reference in the 21st Century. Purdue
   University Press

I say this all not to discourage the individual from trying, but so that
this person goes into the conversations in California with full knowledge
of the history of what has already been done.

I hope you are all doing well!

Best,

*Kris Johnson

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On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 9:36 AM Cathay Keough <Cathay.Keough at lib.de.us>
wrote:

> Hello wonderful VR group,
>
>
>
> I just want to run this by you:  PatJohn Ashkin and I had a conversation
> this morning and I thought it might be helpful for him if he could attend
> our next VR meeting, to meet with us and learn more about what goes on
> behind the scenes.
>
>
>
> PatJohn recently moved to California.  He was previously working for
> Florida’s Ask a Librarian service.  There, he found that he really has a
> passion for virtual reference service and would like to explore the
> possibility of starting a statewide service in California.  Needless to
> say, this is a huge undertaking.  Each of you have so much to offer someone
> like PatJohn, with your experience and advice, as he learns about the
> pros/cons, how to submit a proposal for state funding/support, etc.
>
>
>
> What do you think about having him join us at the next meeting?  Would it
> be acceptable to have him ask the group questions in that format?
>
>
>
> It’s fun to think that this has come full circle.  Susan McGlamery, the
> founder of the 24/7 Cooperative, started in California I believe.  I was
> thinking that it would be helpful for him to talk to her about the history
> but I am out of touch with her.  Does anyone have her contact info?
>
>
>
> -Cathay
>
>
>
> Cathay Keough
>
> Statewide Coordinator, Reference Services
> Delaware Division of Libraries
>
> 302-257-3014 (office)
>
> 302-983-1430 (mobile)
>
> libraries.delaware.gov
> answers.delawarelibraries.org
>
> Delaware Library Association: dla.lib.de.us
>
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