{"id":274,"date":"2025-06-18T10:04:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sitescals.org\/mastertemplate\/?page_id=274"},"modified":"2025-09-08T13:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:08:03","slug":"ask-a-librarian","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sitescals.org\/mastertemplate\/need-help\/ask-a-librarian\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask a Librarian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"px-6 md:px-7\" data-block=\"page-title-hero\">\n  <div class=\"mx-auto max-w-7xl my-10 md:my-14 md:mt-16\">\n    <div class=\"md:min-h-6 relative mb-1\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/sitescals.org\/mastertemplate\/need-help\/\" class=\"text-16 font-bold uppercase transition-colors hover:text-primary focus:text-primary inline-block relative\">\n          Need Help?        <\/a>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n    <h1 itemprop=\"name\" class=\"font-serif text-42 leading-none md:text-64 lg:text-96 \">Ask a Librarian<\/h1>\n\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"px-6 my-10 md:my-14 md:px-7\" data-block=\"two-column-rich-text\">\n  <div class=\"max-w-7xl mx-auto md:grid md:grid-cols-2 md:gap-[7%]\">\n    <div>\n              <div class=\"copy rich-text max-w-[37.5rem] first:mt-0\">\n          <h3>Pennsylvania\u2019s Virtual Reference Desk<\/h3>\n<p>Welcome to PA\u2019s 24\/7 virtual reference service where experienced librarians help Pennsylvanians find factual answers and provide them with research guidance. These services are offered through PA Power Library and connect to libraries throughout the state.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n          <\/div>\n\n    <div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"link-cards px-6 my-11 md:px-7 md:my-20\" id=\"link-cards\" data-block=\"link-cards\">\n  \n  <div class=\"grid gap-6 sm:grid-cols-2 mx-auto max-w-7xl lg:grid-cols-3 lg:gap-x-9 lg:gap-y-[3.25rem]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclalibraries.org\/chat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"border-4 border-accent bg-tint corner before:-top-1 before:-right-1\">\n        \n        <div class=\"p-4 lg:pt-[1.125rem] lg:px-3 lg:pb-8 min-h-[9rem]\">\n          <h3 class=\"text-primary text-medium text-24 leading-tight mb-1.5 lg:text-32\">Chat With a Librarian<\/h3>\n                      <div class=\"copy\"><p>24 hours a day, 7 days a week!<\/p>\n<p>Chat with a Librarian is great for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Asking general questions<\/li>\n<li>Getting help with databases<\/li>\n<li>Finding peer reviewed sources<\/li>\n<li>Learning about citations<\/li>\n<li>And more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/a>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/powerlibrary.org\/chat\/resident\/email-resident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"border-4 border-accent bg-tint corner before:-top-1 before:-right-1\">\n        \n        <div class=\"p-4 lg:pt-[1.125rem] lg:px-3 lg:pb-8 min-h-[9rem]\">\n          <h3 class=\"text-primary text-medium text-24 leading-tight mb-1.5 lg:text-32\">Email a Librarian<\/h3>\n                      <div class=\"copy\"><p>Monitored 10am-8pm Mon-Thu and 10am-5pm on Fri<\/p>\n<p>Email a Librarian is great for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Questions that don\u2019t need an immediate answer<\/li>\n<li>Topics that could take a lot of time to research<\/li>\n<li>Getting book recommendations<\/li>\n<li>Library-specific questions<\/li>\n<li>And more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/a>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/powerlibrary.org\/chat\/resident\/text-resident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"border-4 border-accent bg-tint corner before:-top-1 before:-right-1\">\n        \n        <div class=\"p-4 lg:pt-[1.125rem] lg:px-3 lg:pb-8 min-h-[9rem]\">\n          <h3 class=\"text-primary text-medium text-24 leading-tight mb-1.5 lg:text-32\">Text a Librarian<\/h3>\n                      <div class=\"copy\"><p>Monitored 10am-8pm Mon-Thu and 10am-5pm on Fri<\/p>\n<p>Text a Librarian is great for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quick questions<\/li>\n<li>Random Trivia<\/li>\n<li>On-the-go information<\/li>\n<li>Finding library locations\/hours<\/li>\n<li>And more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Text your question to: 717-527-3866<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":246,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-274","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitescals.org\/mastertemplate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitescals.org\/mastertemplate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitescals.org\/mastertemplate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitescals.org\/mastertemplate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitescals.org\/mastertemplate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sitescals.org\/mastertemplate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"https:\/\/sitescals.org\/mastertemplate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274\/revisions\/410"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitescals.org\/mastertemplate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitescals.org\/mastertemplate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}