The Teaching Librarian

The Teaching Librarian

  • 255 W 85th St Ph 5
  • New York, New York
  • 10024-3266

Description

The software that actually ran my HumanClick service is located on HumanClick's server; both I and any user I interacted with accessed the service via HumanClick. By providing the service via its computers, HumanClick is acting as an application service provider (ASP).

This is probably the least attractive way to run a chat service. It requires that the library first register a room (usually at no charge) on the web site of company providing such a service. When a user wants to chat, they need to log on to the page of the service (which can be linked to from the library's web site).

Created by Gerry McKiernan, a librarian at Iowa State University, this site offers links to libraries providing live online reference service.

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