On Monday, December 1, 2008, Ask Here PA had a press event in Pittsburgh. Speakers included PA Dept. of Education Secretary Ed Zahorchak, Commissioner for Libraries in PA, Clare Zales, and the Director of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. The event included a demonstration of the service.
Some excellent articles resulted from the event. Here are links to several:
http://www.kqv.com/viewwirereadynews.asp?feed=http://kqv.com/wire/news/5279988_Ask_Here_Pa_134953.xml (radio clip)
http://www.pittnews.com/news/reference_arsenal_adds_new_weapon
http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2008/12/01/news/news/news524.txt
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08337/932059-96.stm
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_601012.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08336/931984-100.stm
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleyindependent/teenscene/s_600931.html
One story from the event is that Representative Costa spoke. Actually, his brother Senator Costa spoke as well, but Rep Costa started off by telling the story that begins this article - http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08337/932059-96.stm - and as he began this story, which was the fact that he used the service the night before, he proceeded to pull a transcript out of his jacket and tell everyone about the software and his session. It turns out that he was served by “Librarian 'Jen (24/7 Librarian)” and she did a super job and really sold him on how great the service is.
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