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You can do anything, but you can’t do everything The end of chat reference at a small undergraduate university Lauren Magnuson, MA / MEd

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Page 1: You can do anything, but you can’t do everything

You can do anything, but you can’t do everything

The end of chat reference at a small undergraduate university

Lauren Magnuson, MA / MEd

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The University

1778 Students 3 librarians

+200

Faculty

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A place for learning and creating.

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Systems & Emerging Technologies

E-Resource Management

User Experience & Web Content

Subject Specialist for• Humanitie

s• Social

Sciences• Education

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Reference 2011-2012

Chat8%

Email42%In-Person

21%

Phone10%

Texting19%

# of Contacts

T=904

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Do,Or do not,There is no try.

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#chatproblems

Hello?!

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#chatproblems

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#chatproblems

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Functional ReliableUsableEnjoyable

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Digsby

• Embeddable• Free• Glitchy• Meebo-ish

• No history

• Easily missed chats

Zoho Chat

• Embeddable• Free• Ugly• YATTC (Yet

Another Thing to Check)

LibraryH3lp

• Chat only (at the time)

• $$

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Meanwhile….

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LibAnswers Knowledgebase• SMS• Twitter • Embeddable question forms• Public Knowledgebase• Analytics• Email notifications

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Campus-Wide Knowledgebase

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Analytics

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Statistics

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Query Spy

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Cost (based on FTE)• LibAnswers Basic $759/yr• Analytics Module $299• SMS Add-On $360

$1418/yr

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ROI• $.16 a view (so far)• Accountability• Visibility

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If a chat box falls over in a forest…

• Reference transactions increasing• Capitalizing on social media