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

Wed Mar 20 18:27:42 PDT 2013

I wanted to add to the praise and extend kudos to Caleb's partner, Emily Papagni. Emily and Caleb are truly dedicated to providing optimum reference services to all of Oregon's communities and more. They are a pleasure to work for and are always magically available to serve L-netters and patrons, don't think I've ever had to wait more than an hour or so for a response from them. I hope they continue to monitor this service well into the future.

Thanks,

Paul Addis, MLIS
L-net Volunteer
Library Assistant, Seaside Public Library

--- On Wed, 3/20/13, MaryKay Dahlgreen <marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us> wrote:

From: MaryKay Dahlgreen <marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us>
Subject: Re: [Libs-Or] 10 years of L-net: what's next?
To: "Penny Hummel" <hummelp at ci.canby.or.us>, "'Donna Reed'" <donna.reed at pcc.edu>, "Caleb TUCKER-RAYMOND" <calebt at multco.us>
Cc: "libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us" <Libs-Or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>, "L-net Mailing List" <L-Net at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 4:51 PM

Absolutely! 

MaryKay Dahlgreen 
State Librarian 
Oregon State Library 
marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us 
503-378-4367 

From: libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us]
On Behalf Of Penny Hummel

Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 2:10 PM

To: 'Donna Reed'; Caleb TUCKER-RAYMOND

Cc: libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us; L-net Mailing List

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

I second that! 

Penny Hummel 
President-Elect, Oregon Library Association, 2012-13 
Director, Canby Public Library

292 N. Holly St. 
Canby OR  97013 
503.266.0650 (p) 
503.266.1709 (f)

hummelp at ci.canby.or.us 

Visit us online at
www.canbylibrary.org 

From:
libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us]
On Behalf Of Donna Reed

Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 2:09 PM

To: Caleb TUCKER-RAYMOND

Cc: libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us; L-net Mailing List

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

I would like to take a moment to thank Caleb for his vision and leadership on the LNet project!   Happy anniversary LNet. 

Donna Reed 

Director 

Portland Community College 

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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