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<p class="MsoNormal">L-net, Oregon's Statewide Digital Reference Project (<a href="http://www.oregonlibraries.net">http://www.oregonlibraries.net</a>),
recognizes Shelly Jarman at Multnomah County Library for her excellent digital
reference work while staffing the service in August 2012. Shelly’s transcript
is online at</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.oregonlibraries.net/notable">http://www.oregonlibraries.net/notable</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Emily-Jane Dawson at Multnomah County Library brought this
transcript to the Quality Team’s attention. She wrote to us:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Last week during one of my Ask the
Librarian shifts, I picked up an L-net question that Shelly had forwarded from
chat. It was a difficult question from a patron who was seeking a
newspaper photograph of her husband taken during his childhood. Shelly's
reference interview was excellent, as were her explanations to the patron about
how newspaper archives work and about library policy regarding access to the
Oregonian Historical. Shelly wrote in completely patron-friendly non-technical
terms, she did some searching for the patron while they were in chat, and when
that was unsuccessful she very gracefully offered to have another library staff
person follow up. Throughout the entire interaction, Shelly was warm,
knowledgeable, and provided the exact same feeling of calm and helpful
competence that I have seen her display in face-to-face interactions with patrons.<br>
<br>
When I picked up the question, I had everything I needed to follow up -- and
though I didn't find the photograph the patron asked about, I was able to do a
reasonably thorough search and provide the patron with a little more
information and some options about what they might do next. It was a pleasure
to follow Shelly's on this question, and I felt very supported by her initial
work with the patron.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When the Quality Team reviewed Shelly’s transcript, we found
that we couldn’t agree more with Emily-Jane’s comments.<span style> </span>We extend our gratitude to Emily-Jane
for alerting us to this excellent transcript. All L-net staffers are welcome to
nominate transcripts that exemplify high quality digital reference service;
please send nominations to any member of the Quality Team.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As an expression of our appreciation, Shelly was presented
with flowers and a certificate at a weekly team meeting. Please join us in
congratulating her!</p>
<br>
<p class="MsoNormal">The L-net Quality Team</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stephanie Debner, Mt. Hood Community College Library
(<a href="mailto:Stephanie.Debner@mhcc.edu">Stephanie.Debner@mhcc.edu</a>)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Barbara O’Neill, Washington County Cooperative Library
Services (<span class="gi"><a href="mailto:barbarao@wccls.org">barbarao@wccls.org</a>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Emily Papagni, Multnomah County Library (<a href="mailto:emilyp@multco.us">emilyp@multco.us</a>)</p>