[TBLC] Librarians statewide to celebrate Ask a Librarian Day

[Karyn Bardes]

News Release

 

For Immediate Release

Contact: Karyn Bardes (813) 622-8252 (ext. 235)

 

Librarians statewide to celebrate Ask a Librarian Day

 

TAMPA, Fla. (Feb. 18, 2009) - Although there won't be noisemakers or
confetti, librarians all over the state will celebrate Ask a Librarian
Day on Feb. 20 to bring awareness to Ask a Librarian, a free online
reference service that allows Floridians to chat with a librarian for
help with homework or general questions.

 

Librarians at almost 100 libraries around Florida will don t-shirts
boasting the message "Ask me about askalibrarian.org" and will talk
about the valuable service with their customers. They hope to enlighten
people on the benefits of Ask a Librarian so that everyone can take full
advantage of this user-friendly collaborative service.

 

"Ask a Librarian is such a useful online tool for people," said Diana
Silveira, virtual reference manager for Ask a Librarian. "We partner
with libraries to offer Floridians an amazing free service at their
fingertips. We couldn't do this without our libraries, and we hope that
Ask a Librarian Day gives them a chance to brag a little bit about what
they do."

 

Ask a Librarian is available 10 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday
and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Visit www.askalibrarian.org
<http://www.askalibrarian.org/>  for more information or to ask a
librarian a question.

 

Ask a Librarian was founded by the College Center for Library Automation
(CCLA) and the Tampa Bay Library Consortium (TBLC), is managed by TBLC,
and is funded as part of the Florida Electronic Library
(www.flelibrary.org) by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
grant.

 

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