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

[Emily PAPAGNI]

 I'm also still lurking.

Sue Barb was the part-time Coordinator for California's AskNow service
until the State Library cut funding for her position in 2006. She now
manages QuestionPoint's's 24/7 service and she can be reached at
barbs at oclc.org. She may be able to connect PatJohn with librarians
currently working in California who have an interest in bringing the
service back.

Emily

Emily Papagni
Virtual Services Librarian
Multnomah County Library
Phone: 503.988.5433
emilyp at multco.us





On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 11:03 AM Kris Johnson <askkrisjohnson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Click With Care -
> [image: Click With Care]
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> Hello all. Still lurking on this list. :-)
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> 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.
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> I wrote about the history of many of the cooperatives in a book chapter in
> 2015:
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>    - Johnson, K., (2014) Collaborative Virtual Reference: Past, Present,
>    and Future Trends. Reimagining Reference in the 21st Century. Purdue
>    University Press
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> 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.
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> I hope you are all doing well!
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> Best,
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> *Kris Johnson
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> On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 9:36 AM Cathay Keough <Cathay.Keough at lib.de.us>
> wrote:
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>> Hello wonderful VR group,
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>>
>> 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?
>>
>>
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>> 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
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>>
>> Cathay Keough
>>
>> Statewide Coordinator, Reference Services
>> Delaware Division of Libraries
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>> 302-257-3014 (office)
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>> 302-983-1430 (mobile)
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>> libraries.delaware.gov
>> answers.delawarelibraries.org
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>> Delaware Library Association: dla.lib.de.us
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