June 29, 2001

Libraries Offer Online Reference Services to One Another

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

For the past half-year, the Library of Congress and 100 or so other libraries around the world have been helping one another provide round-the-clock answers to reference questions like "What's the Yiddish word for midget?" and "How do Ukrainian emigrants in Saskatchewan celebrate Christmas?" Now the libraries are gearing up to expand their membership and hope to extend the service soon to anyone with access to the Internet.

Organizers say they hope to recruit as many as 200 additional

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