Bob Duckett
Bob Duckett recently retired as Reference Librarian of Bradford City Libraries. He was previously Subject Adviser (Social Sciences) there. Before Bradford, Bob worked at Birmingham Reference Library and the University College of North Wales (as a cataloguer). He is co-author with Christinea Donnelly and Peter Walker of Know It All; Find It Fast: An A-Z Source Guide for the Enquiry Desk published by Facet Publishing, 2002; 3rd ed 2008.
Articles by Bob Duckett:
Reference Desk: Tips on Using Your Wits
Wednesday, 24th June 2009
The best training in the world may not always be enough when you're staffing a reference desk that serves the general public. From contextualizing to active listening to polite deflecting, Bob Duckett draws on his years of experience to provide tips for handling the wide range of questions that land at the public reference desk.
Reference Desk: Tips on Using Your Wits [ABSTRACT]
Wednesday, 24th June 2009
The best training in the world may not always be enough when you're staffing a reference desk that serves the general public. From contextualizing to active listening to polite deflecting, Bob Duckett draws on his years of experience to provide tips for handling the wide range of questions that land at the public reference desk.
Offshore, outsource or AI-source?
Community session
16th April 2024
AI practical actions, prompting and outsourcing
Blog posting
6th March 2024
AI practical actions, prompting and outsourcing
YouTube video
13th March 2024
- AI practical actions, prompting and outsourcing
6th March 2024 - GenAI and ESG wisdom of the Jinfo crowd
13th February 2024 - Talking to vendors, talking to buyers (ESG, GenAI and YouTube)
10th January 2024
- Jinfo Community session (TBC) (Community) 15th May 2024
- Offshore, outsource or AI-source? (Community) 16th April 2024
- The art of crafting AI prompts (Community) 26th March 2024