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Wednesday, 13th February 2008

Official Announcement: GPO Partners with "Government Information Online: Ask a Librarian" Service, Free Web-Based Assistance For U.S. Gov Queries

Word from the GPO that they are now participating in the "Government Information Online: Ask a Librarian," a web-based virtual reference service. The service harnsesses the power and knowledge of government librarians from Federal Depository Libraries around the nation including those at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), the manager of the service.

Direct to Ask a Librarian Service (Free!): http://govtinfo.org/

From the news release:

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) joins the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Federal Depository Libraries around the country to provide an online reference service to the American public. This unique free web based “Ask a Librarian” service will give the public an opportunity to ask librarians questions about government resources. An example of how this service works: with the current process in the Presidential elections, the public may have questions about the primaries, caucuses and Electoral College process. A librarian is available at http://govtinfo.org/ to answer those or any other questions about the government.

Read the full news release.

See Also: In these posts we discuss other virtual reference services that are both free and fee-based.
1 (What is Virtual Reference) ||| 2 (Fee-Based Cha Cha Goes Mobile)

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