[Yulpub] Fwd: [MLA-L] A Librarian's Worst Nightmare

[Suzanne Eggleston Lovejoy]

>The blockbuster success of Yahoo! Answers is all the more surprising 
>once you spend a few days using the site. While Answers is a 
>valuable window into how people look for information online, it 
>looks like a complete disaster as a traditional reference tool.

Suzanne

>Interesting Slate article about Q&A sites on the Internet:
>             http://www.slate.com/id/2179393
>
>Tina
>
>Tina Murdock, Music Librarian
>Dallas Public Library, Fine Arts Division
>1515 Young Street
>Dallas, TX 75201
>214-671-8337
>214-670-1646 (fax)
>tina.murdock at dallaslibrary.org
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