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Minitex News articles tagged with "AskMN" (35):

AskMN Libraries: Request for Best Transcripts of 2014!

It is December, a time for reflection and the time I ask our AskMN participating libraries to review their transcripts from the year and send me the best of the best, the cream of the crop.

K12 Students and AskMN

Now that the school year is underway and students are deep in the learning process, we’re seeing more activity from K12 students with AskMN. We love connecting with kids and teachers, during or after school.

AskMN Fall Webinars

There are five webinars for AskMN librarians scheduled for the fall. If your library participates in AskMN, check out the webinars on our Minitex Upcoming Training Sessions webpage.

AskMN Welcomes New Libraries

Please welcome East Central Regional Library to AskMN! Sarah Hawkins, newly appointed Resource Librarian, will be coordinating the training for ECRL staff that will happen sometime in September. Scott County Library has just completed their AskMN training.

QuestionPoint Training Opportunities from OCLC

OCLC is offering several webinar training sessions in July for QuestionPoint subscribers. The sessions are free and cover a variety of different aspects (Administrator sessions and Librarian sessions).

A Widget Goes a Long Way

Having a chat widget on your library website can draw in patrons when they need assistance. We have had the AskMN chat widget on the ELM website since July 2011. Since that installation we have seen a steady increase in questions being initiated via the widget rather than the chat form.

AskMN Celebrates Six Years of Virtual Reference Service

Six years ago on March 24th, AskMN: The Librarian Is In! went live.

St. Olaf College, St. Paul College, and Scott County Library Join AskMN!

AskMN welcomes three more libraries to its list of participating libraries. St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, and St. Paul College in St. Paul, MN, will participate in the academic queue while Scott County Library joins the public queue. St. Olaf College and St.

Upcoming QuestionPoint Training

AskMN librarians and wanna-be-AskMN librarians, mark your calendars!

Do Patrons Need Help with eBooks?

As the coordinator for the statewide virtual reference service, AskMN: The Librarian Is In!, I monitor chat and review transcripts regularly.