I thought this was intersting and had some merit. I didn't initially understand the terminology Slamming the Boards which appears to be an American expression as are many of the examples in the tutorial. The concept appears to be based on a co-operative of libarians answering questions in order to raise the profile of libraries. On our own SLNSW Ask a Librarian the concept would appear to be similar if not as universal. We offer an interactive online service with librarians answering questions in real time. So I guess the point of difference is that Answer Boards are trying to be more procative rather than reactive which can only be commended ?
On a personal note was approached by a colleague this week who had located FLICKR and was keen to know how he could use it. We had a play around and while I am by no means technically advanced was able to help and answer some of his (basic) questions. Felt good.
Haven't yet tried a Mashup but will do (it can be my homework)
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It is good that you have been able to use some of your newly gained Flickr knowledge to help others.
On the answer boards front I think the idea of the librarians 'slamming the boards' is to let people know that libraries can help people with some of the questions they have. The answers can have a promotion about libraries as part of the answer. Many of the people who use answer boards may not know that they could have asked the same questions of their local library and by libraries participating in the answer boards it may help with awareness raising about the kinds of services which libraries provide.
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