Week 8: Answer boards and social searching

The techniques of social searching are appealing , refreshingly new and easy to use. However time quickly slips by as one browses contributions. Answer boards appear to be the quick fix that the next gen so badly wants and demands. If they knew that sort of thing was happening at their local library they might be engaged. I'll ask on Yahoo!7 how Answer boards could be used in public libraries and see if it merits a response. One of the best features of these boards is that if your question has already been asked, there will probably be an answer waiting : what great service! An important thing to keep in mind is evaluation of these sources of information.