[Libs-Or] [L-net] 10 years of L-net: what's next?

[Kimberly Willson-St Clair]

Happy Anniversary L-net (Answerland)!

Best wishes for many more years of service to the Oregon community,

Kimberly

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Kimberly Willson-St. Clair
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Portland State University Library

503.725.4552
503.725.4524 (fax)
willsons at pdx.edu
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Caleb TUCKER-RAYMOND <calebt at multco.us>wrote:

> Hello everybody
>
> On April 16th 2013, we will celebrate L-net's 10th anniversary!
>
> It would be impossible to thank everyone who has been involved, but let us
> say that we are grateful to have had the help of hundreds of Oregon library
> staff in answering over 230,000 questions since the service began.
>
> After 10 years of letting everyone who lives, works or goes to school in
> Oregon connect to a librarian by live chat, email and text messaging, now
> is the perfect time to re-examine the purpose and goals of the program.
>
> To start with:
>
> What are Oregonian's reference and information service needs that can be
> addressed by Oregon libraries working together?
>
> We need your help to find out.
>
> The State Librarian wishes to convene a task force on the future of
> statewide cooperative reference services for Oregon libraries. The goal is
> to determine how Oregon libraries, working together, can best meet the
> information needs of all Oregonians with available resources.
>
>
> WHEN:
>
> An initial meeting will be held the week of April 15th.
>
> The task force should report by August 16, 2013 and deliver an interim
> statement May 1, 2013 in order to mesh with current planning cycles at the
> Oregon State Library.
>
> L-net (soon to be Answerland) is currently funded through June 2014 and
> will continue to be hosted at Multnomah County Library through June 2014.
> The future and structure of L-net and statewide cooperative reference
> services after June 2014 will be strongly influenced by this statewide
> conversation.
>
>
> TO PARTICIPATE
>
> To participate, contact MaryKay Dahlgreen, marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us,
> briefly stating your interest by March 29, 2013.
>
>
> SOME BACKGROUND:
>
> L-net was created in response to the collective expression of need by
> Oregon’s library community.
>
> In 2001, the Oregon Library Association’s Vision 2010 Committee wrote in
> “A Call to Action” (http://www.olaweb.org/assets/documents/olaq_7no3.pdf)
> that we should “Create a collaborative on-line reference service that is
> available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”
>
> A year later, the Oregon State Library convened the Statewide E-Reference
> Task Force (
> http://web.archive.org/web/20041210213421/http://www.osl.state.or.us/home/libdev/eref/eref.htm),
> which ulimately recommended the model that L-net uses today, including the
> use of LSTA funding to operate the program.
>
> In 2010 OLA’s Vision 2020 Task Force included collaboration in their
> vision, stating, “In 2020, Oregon librarians will rely on dynamic
> professional networks – local, statewide and beyond – for resources,
> support and expertise” (
> http://www.olaweb.org/assets/documents/Vision_2020_FINAL.pdf)
>
> L-net (www.oregonlibraries.net) has been successful. The service has
> received over 35,000 questions by live chat, email and text messaging
> annually, and over 200 people working in 45 Oregon public, academic and
> special libraries contribute to the service regularly.
>
> The Oregon State Library has a statutory responsibility to provide for
> statewide cooperative reference services as outlined in ORS 357.206 and
> 357.005 (2)(d). This has been reflected in the former Reference LINK
> program and now in L-net. Details of the current cooperative reference
> services are outlined in OAR 543 Div 60.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Caleb Tucker-Raymond
> Statewide Reference Service Coordinator
> Multnomah County Library
> (503) 988-5438
> calebt at multco.us
>
> MaryKay Dahlgreen
> State Librarian
> Oregon State Library
> marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us
> 503-378-4367
>
>
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