Who will answer your question?
| 24/7 Reference Collaborative |
Libraries nationwide have joined the 24/7 Reference collaborative service. Each has contributed a certain amount of time to answering the
reference questions that you bring to the service. At the core are librarians
from the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System in California, who serve many
of the hours and take the responsibility to assure that there are librarians
scheduled 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. |
| MassAnswers Libraries |
In
Massachusetts, the Boston Public Library and nine regional reference centers
have together joined the 24/7 Reference service. Each contributes librarians to
answer questions at a specified time.
The Regional Reference Centers
contributing service are: Memorial Hall Library, Andover; Bridgewater Public
Library; Falmouth Public Library; Fitchburg Public Library; New Bedford Free
Public Library; Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy; Springfield Library;
Wellesley Free Library; Worcester Public Library. |
| Your Question, |
may
very well be answered by one of these Massachusetts librarians, or it may be
answered by a librarian from California, Florida, North Carolina or some other
community who contributes to the 24/7 service.
(See list of 24/7
communities) Your question will be tagged as originating form one of the
participating Massachusetts libraries, so your librarian will know which
catalog and set of databases to use to help get an answer. |
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| MassAnswers is a
cooperative project of Massachusetts Regional Reference Center libraries and
other cooperating libraries, who have joined with the nation-wide 24/7
Reference collaborative. MassAnswers is initially funded by federal grant funds
authorized by the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the
Massachusetts Board of Library
Commissioners. MassAnswers is coordinated by the Boston Regional
Library System, a service of the Boston Public Library. |
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