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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Pardue, Bill <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday,
February 08, 2011 4:42 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'rusa-l@ala.org';
'livereference@yahoogroups.com'; 'Discussion of digital reference services';
QUESTIONPOINT-L@OCLC.ORG; 'AskAway listserv (E-mail)'<BR><B>Subject:</B>
February "Slam the Boards" this Friday<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=634143722-08022011><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>A quick
reminder that this Friday, February 10 is the monthly "Slam the Boards."
Details at </FONT><A
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size=2>http://answerboards.wetpaint.com/page/Slam+the+Boards!</FONT></A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=634143722-08022011><FONT size=2 face=Arial>On a related note,
First Monday had a very interesting article:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=Apple-style-span><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Effectiveness and user
satisfaction in Yahoo! Answers<BR>by Chirag Shah.<BR><EM>First Monday</EM>,
Volume 16, Number 2 - 7 February 2011<BR></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
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