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After being denied the opportunity to create a library blog site, I tried setting up this type of system on my library's webpage--- I had just created a single page to "Make A Suggestion"....it could be anything, including: * asking a question * making a comment * making a request (book, video, materials) * making a complaint I had everything set-up ready to go....but the technology department nixed it. The system is locked down so tight, we would have to open some areas of the server and they didn't want to do that (and I was told by others later that they had looked into doing something like this for the whole school but didn't want to offer this type of program because..."it causes problems")...??? So, it's a dead project. In the meantime, I continue telling my students to send me emails (using my school email address that I can access from home), if they have problems with something library-related during the day or in the evening at their home. I have had several who take advantage of the opportunity to ask questions about the databases, books, and even homework assignments; however, I discovered just before the holiday break (when a student was having a problem with an assignment before finals) that the students are not allowed (or are discouraged from contacting the teachers). One student said, "You're the only teacher who has told us we can contact them at home through the school's email. We've been told that we aren't allowed to email or phone the teachers to ask questions if they are at home." (This is the first time I'd heard of this....and it's not like I'm teaching in an asphalt jungle--this is a private school!) I'm not sure if this is a perception or the truth--perhaps an unwritten rule--but I've never NOT had students contact me as a librarian or a teacher, so this is a real frustration. I realize that there are issues related to privacy, but by putting a webpage out there, I had hoped to break down some barriers for students to get help from at least the librarian! ~Shonda Brisco MS / US Librarian Fort Worth, TX sbrisco021@charter.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Audrey Church" <church@MOONSTAR.COM> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 5:49 PM Subject: [LM_NET] TARGET: Ask a Librarian > Colleagues, > > Do any of you provide online Ask a Librarian service for your students and > staff, via either email or live chat? > > Thanks, > Audrey > > ************************************************************ > Audrey P. Church > Coordinator, School Library Media Program > Longwood University > 201 High Street, Hull 234 > Farmville, VA 23909 > Phone: 434.395.2682 > Fax: 434.395.2148 > Email: churchap@longwood.edu, church@moonstar.com > > "Advocacy Begins With You!" > ************************************************************ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. > To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu > In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL > 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. > LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ > Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ > EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ > LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------