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Ask Us 24/7
FLLS is now providing this virtual chat services that connects people with reference librarians, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Access to the service is available at www.askus247.org.
Lisa Carr, Sheila Mikkelson and Danette Davis from Seymour Library; Annabeth Hayes, Groton Public Library, Susie Gutenberger-Fitzpatrick and Debbie Wells-Clinton, Lansing Community Library; Mollie Foust, Ulysses Philomathic Library; Carla Jones, Springport Public Library; and Annette Birdsall, Marisa Iacobucci, and Linda Beins, FLLS are all helping to staff this new reference service. While you may not be chatting with one of these librarians, you will be chatting with a reference librarian. The librarian who answers your inquiry will be able to help you with questions about your library and will help you find answers to other questions you may have by using a range of Internet sources and specialized databases. If you need assistance specifically from your home library, your question will be referred and a librarian from your home library will get back to you via email.
Ask Us 24/7 is a project managed by the Western New York Library Resources Council in Buffalo, NY. Ask Us 24/7 also receives support from the South Central Regional Library Council in Ithaca, NY and the Central New York Library Resources Council in Syracuse, NY. Ask Us 24/7 utilizes QuestionPoint (OCLC) software.