Comments on: FARQs? http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/11/15/farqs/ The library weblog dedicated to resources for keeping current and professional development Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:10:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cloned Milkmen http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/11/15/farqs/comment-page-1/#comment-15256 Cloned Milkmen Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:01:39 +0000 http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/11/15/farqs/#comment-15256 The University of Alberta's Data Library uses a wordpress blog to publish reference questions and answers. They call it the <a href="http://blogs.library.ualberta.ca/digrs/" rel="nofollow">Data Interest Group for Reference Services</a> (DIGRS). Some really NEAT questions and answers are listed there. They had a library school student categorize the posts recently. The University of Alberta’s Data Library uses a wordpress blog to publish reference questions and answers. They call it the Data Interest Group for Reference Services (DIGRS). Some really NEAT questions and answers are listed there. They had a library school student categorize the posts recently.

]]> By: Charlie http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/11/15/farqs/comment-page-1/#comment-15247 Charlie Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:37:11 +0000 http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/11/15/farqs/#comment-15247 Not to be confused with this FARQ: http://www.fark.com/farq/ Not to be confused with this FARQ: http://www.fark.com/farq/

]]> By: walt crawford http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/11/15/farqs/comment-page-1/#comment-15244 walt crawford Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:22:03 +0000 http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/11/15/farqs/#comment-15244 Why a blog? Isn't this a natural role for a wiki? And I've heard of a few libraries doing just that: Building a reference wiki with real (massaged for privacy) questions and answers... Somehow, reverse chronological order just doesn't seem like the natural way to build an FAQ-equivalent. Why a blog? Isn’t this a natural role for a wiki? And I’ve heard of a few libraries doing just that: Building a reference wiki with real (massaged for privacy) questions and answers…

Somehow, reverse chronological order just doesn’t seem like the natural way to build an FAQ-equivalent.

]]>