Plot: The AskColorado website, provided by the Colorado State Library, offers realtime question and answer sessions with librarians to residents of Colorado. Additionally, it provides information about Colorado to people outside of the state.
Genre: Realtime Chat, Websites
Reading Level: While the site is available to all users, it requires the user to provide a name and his or her location. Guardians of younger users may need to caution or observe their charges when personal information is required.
Personal Thoughts: Using this website was a lesson in reading a product's description before making demands. As mentioned, the site is built for the residents and information of Colorado, so my location and question did not correspond to the librarian's ability to assist. That said, she was polite and helpfully directed me to a site that allowed me to use my local library's resources. So, while the experiment was not applicable to this situation, I would definitely recommend the site to Colorado locals. For non-locals like me, just type in "realtime librarian (your city's name)" in your favorite web browser to find an ideal site.
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