Hofstra University's Tricia Kasting continues her series chronicling the many hats a law librarian can wear by discussing information collaboration by means of social software. Social software includes IM, Yahoo groups, wikis, blogs and so on. Kasting says that although there are benefits to an in-person reference session, if patrons are not coming to the library then librarians should go to the patrons as well as make it easier for them to come to the librarians -- virtually.
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The Many Hats of a Law Librarian: Part 3
Special to Law.com
April 24, 2007
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